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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Joseph R. Vargas, Garnerville, NY (US);
Timothy A. Hoeman, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Jorge Montoya, Madison, NJ (US);
Louis Kwong, Glendale, CA (US);
Ray Zubok, Midland Park, NJ (US);
Keith A. Roby, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Jeff Dickerson, Warsaw, IN (US);
Anthony Lusardi, Blairstown, NJ (US);
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A trochanter attachment device can include a plate for attachment to an inner portion of a greater trochanter of a femur, a collar for attaching the plate to a hip implant, and a fastener for securing the collar to a hip implant. The trochanter attachment device can include a groove or other feature for receiving a reinforcing material, such as a wire or a cable, such as to reinforce an attachment of the device to the greater trochanter and/or the hip implant. The trochanter attachment device can include an insert attachable to the plate and configured to attach the plate to the greater trochanter. All or a portion of the plate and/or the insert can include a porous material, such as to promote bone ingrowth of the greater trochanter.