Patent · US Expired

Hip joint prosthesis

US4813962A · kind A · utility

22Cited by
2References
9Claims
0Family size

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 30, 1987
Grant dateMar 21, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 30, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2250/0098
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The prosthesis has a blade with a roof-ridge shaped shoulder at the proximal end adjacent to the neck. In addition, a bore is disposed in the shoulder on a medial plane so that a hook-shaped instrument can be inserted in to the bore from a direction of the neck. Movement and alignment of the blade via the insertion instrument is performed in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the blade.

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