Acetabular cup assembly with selected bearing
US6475243B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 19, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2310/00179
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An acetabular cup assembly allows pre-operative or interoperative selection and securement of a bearing member within a shell member of the acetabular cup assembly, the bearing member being selected from a plurality of bearing members having different characteristics, including bearing characteristics, securement characteristics, position characteristics and orientation characteristics, so as to enable a surgeon to select those characteristics most appropriate to a particular patient, as determined by a pre-operative assessment or by an evaluation of conditions encountered at an implant site during the implant procedure, and to incorporate the desired characteristics into the acetabular cup assembly with ease and economy.
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