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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7947083 | Fixing assembly A component, e.g. a prosthetic ball and socket joint like an acetabular cup (11) of a prosthetic joint, having a male or female location feature (15) in a surface thereof for mutual interfit with a fixing member (12) of a fixing assembly for sec... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7918896 | Unitary acetabular cup prosthesis with extension for deficient acetabulum A unitary acetabular cup prosthesis for a deficient acetabulum of a hip bone having a cup portion and a pair of adjacent screw retaining members extending from the cup and oriented in a cooperative with one another. A second pair of screw retaining members are prefe... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7604667 | Unitary acetabular cup prosthesis with extension for deficient acetabulum A prosthesis for a deficient acetabulum of a patient having a cup portion and a flange member. The flange member has a base portion that extends upward along a portion of the upper rim. A generally planar screw retaining portion extends from the base portion, and is... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7485148 | Prosthesis An acetabular component prosthesis adapted for affixation in a recess in a pelvis, comprising: a cup shell having a generally convex outer surface adapted to be in contact with the bone in use, a generally concave inner surface and... | 02/03/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7169185 | Canine acetabular cup A plurality of canine acetabular cups designed to fit within different sized spherical reamed bone cavities to produce controlled interference without use of cements, screws or nails. Each of the canine acetabular cups, regardless of size, mates with a common femora... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7090533 | Twist lock panel-mounted connector A connector (10) is configured for mounting to a panel (12). The panel (12) has a mounting aperture (18) formed with a keyway (22). The connector (10) has a housing (24) with a front end (26) dimensioned to pas... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6572655 | Method for securing a prosthesis component to bone A biodegradable screw is used to secure a prosthesis component to bone, the screw disclosed having a head portion, a threaded portion, and a bore extending along the screw's longitudinal axis through the head portion and through at least a substantial len... | 06/03/2003 |
| 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 |
| 5916268 | Kit for an artificial acetabulum The kit contains a metal outer shell (1), an inner shell (2) which can be inserted therein, and fastening elements which can be mounted on the outer shell (1) so that they substantially protrude radially, and which include at least one support (4) and two... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5888204 | Acetabular cup having capped polyaxial locking screws The present invention is an acetabular cup having at least one polyaxial locking screw for anchoring the cup in the desired bone site. The assembly includes an acetabular cup having at least one through hole having both threaded and tapered portions, into... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5871548 | Modular acetabular reinforcement system A modular acetabular reinforcement system includes a substantially cup-shaped reinforcement body having a peripheral flange portion. One or more fixation wings, of various sizes and shapes, are selectively and separately attachable to the flange portion o... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5725588 | Acetabular cup having polyaxial locking screws The present invention is an acetabular cup having polyaxial locking screws for anchoring the cup in the desired bone site. The assembly includes an acetabular cup having axially tapered holes, into which holes coupling elements and bone screws may be inse... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5507825 | Kit for an artificial joint socket, in particular a hipjoint socket A kit for implanting a socket joint implant has an outer cup (1), an inner cup (2) and fasteners (3, 3a) which are fitted to radially project from the outer cup (1). Each fastener includes a bearer plate (17) arranged on a shaft-like supporting part (18) ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5314488 | Acetabular socket for an artificial hip joint An acetabular socket of an artificial hip joint including an acetabular socket, a stem and a stem head, wherein the acetabular socket takes a form of a virtually inverted bowl-shaped shell or a hemispherical shell as a whole, the opening edge of the socke... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5314490 | Outer cup for an artificial hipjoint socket An artificial hip joint socket for fastening to a pelvic bone includes a metallic outer cup for an artificial hipjoint socket forming a concavity for receiving a hip. This cavity terminates at an equatorial edge. Supporting flaps for fastening to said pel... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5217499 | Rim-bearing acetabular component of hip joint prosthesis An acetabular implant for a hip joint prosthesis comprising a metal cup shell (2) adapted to be secured in the acetabulum of a patient. The metal cup shell (2) has a hemispherical cavity (6) into which a liner may be inserted to provide a spherical bearin... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5021062 | Acetabular cup assembly An acetabular prosthesis assembly for implantation into a prepared acetabulum has a generally hemispherically-shaped cup. The cup has a substantially hemispherically-shaped inner surface and a substantially hemispherically-shaped outer surface defining a ... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4959072 | Implant for strengthening the edge of a hip bone A multi-layered porous wire mesh defining a trough shape is used in association with an artificial acetabulum to strengthen the edge of a hip bone near the main load direction. The porous wire mesh is of trough shape and is filled with compacted fragments... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4936856 | Hip joint socket prosthesis Hip joint socket prosthesis with devices for anchoring to the bone. These comprise, for bridging an interspace between the socket surface and the bone, at least one support which projects from the socket surface and which is preferably extensible from the... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4883489 | Pelvis part prosthesis A pelvis part prosthesis comprises an essentially hemispherically-shaped shell portion provided with two formed appendices, each of which has a positioning aperture and two connection elements connected to the appendices, and each being provided with a pi... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4871368 | Artifical acetabulum The artifical acetabulum is formed of an outer metal shell having an annular shoulder, an acetabular body having an annular flange seated on the shoulder and a threaded ring threaded into the shell in order to clamp the flange of the acetabular body again... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4840632 | Hip prosthesis Disclosed is a prosthetic hip joint defined by a femoral component and a cooperating acetabular component. The femoral component includes an intertrochanteric body which is press-fit into a correspondingly shaped intertrochanteric cavity at the top end of... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4792337 | Acetabulum part for a total hip prosthesis An acetabulum part for a total hip prosthesis has a metallic anchoring shell (1) whose convex surface facing the pelvic bone essentially has the form of a spherical cap, with a socket insert (2) that can be inserted into the anchoring shell (1) whose exte... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4298993 | Endoprosthesis of the body of the innominate bone An endoprosthesis of the innominate bone body comprises a visor curved longitudinally and transversely so as to form a concave surface which faces the head of the femur, and elements for fixing the visor. One of the elements for fixing the visor is essent... | 11/10/1981 |
| 3939497 | Fastening means for hip joint prosthesis sockets A socket for hip joint prosthesis is secured to a cavity in the bone tissue by a series of radially arranged pegs which can be projected outwardly from the wall of the socket into the surrounding tissue by a central screw member which also has a self-tapp... | 02/24/1976 |
