Patent · US Expired

Endoprosthesis

US4908036A · kind A · utility

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4References

9Claims

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Assignee

WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Helmut D. Link · Hamburg, DE
Arnold Keller · Kayhude, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 31, 1988
Grant date	Mar 13, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 31, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2230/0013
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Endoprosthesis having a stem to be anchored in the bone and a separate bone support. The devices for holding the bone support on the shaft are designed such that the bone support is pivotable, preferably spherically mobile, so that it adjusts itself automatically to the position of the bore surface supporting it.

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