Fastening means for hip joint prosthesis sockets

US3939497A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Friedrichsfeld GmbH - Steinzeug- und Kunststoffwerke · DE

Inventors

• Gunther Heimke · Weinheim, DE
• Peter Griss
• Hanns Von Andrian-Werburg
• Herbert Heil
• Paul Wachter

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 1974
• Grant date: Feb 24, 1976
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 1994

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2430/24
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A socket for hip joint prosthesis is secured to a cavity in the bone tissue by a series of radially arranged pegs which can be projected outwardly from the wall of the socket into the surrounding tissue by a central screw member which also has a self-tapping thread which also enters the tissue.