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Reconstruction prosthesis

US4908032A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 1988
Grant dateMar 13, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2250/0063
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A hip prosthesis has a stem which is to be anchored in the femur bone and has a transverse surface for support on a subtrochanteric bone surface. The transverse surface comprises a plurality of support parts which engage in the bone at mutual spacings and which preferably radiate in the form of a star from a ring.

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