EP0809985A3
Oblong acetabular cup
Abstract
An acetabular cup for implantation in a patient's pelvis comprising a unitary body having an outer surface for engagement with bone which comprises a first portion which is generally spherically-shaped about a first center and a second portion which is generally spherically-shaped about a second center which is displaced from the first centre, said first and second portions meeting one another to form a cusp.
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| EP0091315A1 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report | – |
| EP0205132A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report | 3 |
| EP0303006A1 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report | 1,2 |
| US3891997A | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | – |
| US5176711A | Cites | United States of America | E | Search report | 3-6 |
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| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
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| 665952 | United States of America | – | |
| 66595291 | United States of America | A | |
| 92908489 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | |
| EP19920908489 | – | – | – |
| US19910665952 | – | – | – |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 0809985
- Publication, DOCDB
- 0809985
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0809985
- Application
- 97114362
- Application, DOCDB
- 97114362
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19970114362
Titles3
- German
- Längliche Hüftgelenkpfanne
- English
- Oblong acetabular cup
- French
- Cupule cotyloidienne oblongue
Classification
- CPC, 27
- A61B17/1666
- A61F2/30734
- A61F2/30767
- A61F2/34
- A61F2/4609
- A61F2002/30248
- A61F2002/30245
- A61F2002/30354
- A61F2002/30604
- A61F2002/30593
- A61F2002/3069
- A61F2002/30736
- A61F2002/30769
- A61F2002/30787
- A61F2002/30952
- A61F2002/3401
- A61F2002/3403
- A61F2002/3406
- A61F2002/3438
- A61F2002/3443
- A61F2002/3453
- A61F2002/3454
- A61F2002/3459
- A61F2220/0033
- A61F2230/0071
- A61F2310/00023
- A61F2310/00407
- IPC, 6
- A61B17 16
- A61B17 56
- A61F2 00
- A61F2 30
- A61F2 34
- A61F2 46
Designated states4
- Contracting states, 4
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Italy