Mechanical assembly of pegs to prosthesis
US9237953B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 21, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49888
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An orthopaedic prosthesis for cementless fixation has a solid metal base and porous metal pegs extending out from the base. The pegs are mechanically, rather than metallurgically, fixed to the base. A process for making such a prosthesis is also disclosed.
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