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Blade-like shaft of a hip joint prosthesis

US10064731B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG · CH

Inventors

Walter Moser · Herrenschwanden, CH
Alex Seidl · Zürich, CH
Dirk Wunderle · Zürich, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 21, 2016
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 21, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2230/008
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A blade-like stem of a hip joint prosthesis for anchoring in the femur, including a prosthesis neck portion and a femur-anchoring portion extending therefrom and having a proximal end and a distal end, the femur-anchoring portion including a proximal arcuate portion extending from a location adjacent the proximal end and having a radius of curvature that changes in a distal-to-proximal direction, and the femur-anchoring portion further including a distal tapered portion extending from the proximal arcuate portion toward the distal end.

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