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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen NV, DK;
Inventors:
Jes Bruun Lauritzen, Copenhagen K, DK;
Sune Lund Sporring, Næstved, DK;
Assignee:
Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/3609 (2013.01); A61B 17/1668 (2013.01); A61F 2/30756 (2013.01); A61F 2/34 (2013.01); A61F 2/3603 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30703 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30705 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30757 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical implant for reducing pain in diseased joints such as synovial joints, in particular ball and socket joints such as the hip joint and the shoulder joint. One embodiment relates to a medical implant for attachment to and at least partly covering the femoral head, said medical implant comprising a dome shaped shell with an orifice, said shell having a height h, an equatorial shell radius rand an orifice radius rwherein the shell radius r>r, and h>r, and the orifice is defined by a circumferential rounded edge.