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US 2003/0130742 A1Published application
Apparatus for replacing musculo-skeletal parts
OwnerPatrick R. Connelly, David L. Gushueinventors
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Abstract
An artificial joint assembly that contains a first member of bone and, attached to the first member, a second member that contains shape memory material; the second member is located, at least in part, within the first member.
Claims26
An artificial joint assembly comprised of a first member comprising bone and, attached to said first member, a second member comprised of shape memory material, wherein said second member is disposed at least in part within said first member.
20/ The artificial joint assembly as recited in claim 18 whereby the shape memory material is deformable via heat induction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.