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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123816 | Acetabular shell An acetabular cup assembly for a prosthetic hip joint is disclosed. This assembly includes an outer shell having at least one shell extension, an adaptor having at least one adaptor extension, and an insert. The inclusion of an extension on the outer shell and an ex... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7985260 | Acetabular prosthesis system An acetabular prosthesis system configured to be coupled to a surgically-prepared acetabulum includes an acetabular shell, an augment component, and a fastener configured to couple the acetabular shell and the augment component together. ... | 07/26/2011 |
| RE40090 | Acetabular component with improved liner seal and lock An acetabular component for a hip replacement system comprises an acetabular shell, and a liner having a seal for insertion into the acetabular shell. In the preferred embodiment, the shell has a smooth tapered surface in its peripheral inner surface, and the liner ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316715 | Polyaxial screw for acetabular cup The invention relates to a device which is used for solidly connecting an acetabular cup shell to bone using at least one screw. According to the invention, the screw passes through a hole housing a ring mounted in the shell of the acetabular cup. The ring is mounte... | 01/08/2008 |
| 6908486 | Modular acetabular anti-protrusio cage and porous ingrowth cup combination A modular acetabular anti-protrusio cage and acetabular cup combination includes an acetabular cup having a bone ingrowth-promoting surface and a shaped anti-protrusio cage having one or more fixation flanges. The acetabular cup is attached to acetabular bone, and t... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6840959 | Pelvic prosthesis plus methods and tools for implantation A pelvic prosthesis includes a ball socket and two substantially parallel fanned wings extending upward from the socket. A stabilizing hump is located directly above the socket and extends between and substantially perpendicular to the fanned wings. Each wing is pro... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6709462 | Acetabular shell with screw access channels An outer shell for a socket of a joint prosthesis is disclosed. The outer shell includes an outer wall defining an outer surface of the shell and an inner wall defining an inner surface of the shell. The outer wall has pores to permit bone tissue to grow into the ou... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6371991 | Alignment guide for fluted prosthetic stems An alignable orthopedic prosthesis system includes a prosthesis and an alignment guide. The prosthesis includes a stem having at least one keyed component extending along its outer surface. The alignment guide has an alignment body with a guide surface di... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6228121 | Prosthesis system and method of implanting A prosthetic joint system includes a body having at least one aperture into which an elongate sleeve component is engageable. A screw for securing the body to bone is insertable into the bone via a bore in the sleeve. The bore has a length that is suffici... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5888205 | Device for sealing acetabular cup holes The metal shell of an acetabular cup has holes that allow a surgeon to screw the shell to pelvic bone. To prevent the debris of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene ("UHMWPE") or other plastic liner in the shell from migrating through the holes, the p... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5549692 | Two-part hipjoint socket for anchoring in the pelvic bone A hipjoint socket having a metal outer shell (1) which may be anchored in the pelvis. The shell (1) includes regions (3) of greater wall thickness (D) alternating in the circumferential direction with regions (4) of less wall thickness (d). The regions (3... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549695 | Composite artificial socket and hip joint prosthesis The socket (2) comprises a metallic outer shell (4), an intermediate shell (5) of plastics and a metallic inner shell (6), which may be inserted into the latter using a connection by shape. The outer shell (4) is divided into segments (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e)... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5507827 | Pelvis part endoprosthesis A pelvis part endoprosthesis for the replacement of a pelvis part in the region of the hip joint includes a main body (100) that has a hemispherical recess (101) for seating of an artificial hip joint socket, as well as a projecting neck (102) in which at... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5326367 | Endoprosthesis for a cancer damaged pelvis An endoprosthesis for cancer damaged hip bones has a recess in a distal portion to receive a prosthetic hip socket. The endoprosthesis includes an individual distal part and an individual proximal part which are secured to each other by means of a screw c... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5108446 | Hip joint prosthesis The hip joint prosthesis consists of two cups which are anchored together in the direction of the polar axes by a snap connection. The inner cup is made of cobalt alloy and outer cup of titanium. The outer cup carries a straddling dowel which projects int... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5108447 | Artificial acetabulum An artificial acetabulum has a thin metallic outer shell and a relatively thick metallic inner shell which is secured to the outer shell via a damping ring located at the peripheral edges of the shells. The outer shell has a thickness of less than one-fif... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4976728 | Reinforcement for a bone cement bed The wire mesh reinforcement is provided with a wire mesh lattice having wire-like structures for embedding in a bone cement bed as well as a plurality of spike-like fixing elements which project from the lattice for securement in a bone. The fixing elemen... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4919672 | Hip joint augmentation The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for enhancing the depth of the acetabulum to improve the containment of the femoral head, and the concepts of the invention are employed to correct an unstable hip joint, particularly as occurs with childre... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4878918 | Mechanically fixed acetabular unit for prostheses and implantation device for fixing it into the cotyloid cavity A mechanically fixable acetabular unit for hip prostheses, having a conical acetabular basket made of a tissue-compatible metal alloy, the acetabular basket (1) is provided with cutouts (3) running in the direction of the generatrix and L-shaped anchors (... | 11/07/1989 |
