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Acetabular cup assembly for multiple bearing materials

US8679187B2 · kind B2 · utility

28Cited by

155References

20Claims

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Assignee

SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. · US

Inventors

Charles Wayne Allen · Southaven, US
Jason A. Capriotti · Senatobia, US
Michael A. Croxton · Diemelstraße, US
Roger William Frank Ashton · Hamilton, BM
Justin M. Waugh · Memphis, US
Jeffrey J. Shea · Memphis, US
Sureshkumar Srinivasan · Coimbatore, IN
William L. Waltersdorff · Hernando, US
Terry McLean · Cordova, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 18, 2006
Grant date	Mar 25, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 2, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2310/00395
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A modular acetabular cup assembly (10, 100, 200, 300, 350) for use with multiple bearing liners (32, 110, 212, 310, 354) is disclosed. The acetabular cup assembly includes a shell (12) having a tapered inner wall (28) and two circumferential grooves (24, 26). The shell (12) may be used with polyethylene, ceramic, metal, and other types of liners.

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