Patent · US Expired

Joint prothesis

US5888206A · kind A · utility

30Cited by

5References

28Claims

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Assignee

Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gunter Lob · Munich, DE
Hans-Joachim Fischer · Oberhausen, DE
Gerd Steur · Berlin, DE
Curt Kranz · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 6, 1997
Grant date	Mar 30, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 6, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2230/0069
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A joint prosthesis includes a shaft part insertable into a tubular bone and a head part joining the shaft part and including a joint connection element. The head part includes a sleeve region having a through bore adapted to a cross section of a shaft of the joint connection element. The longitudinal axis of the shaft part and the joint connection element form an obtuse angle when the joint connection element is introduced into the through bore of the head part.

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