Blank for acetabular prosthesis
AssigneeCharnley Surgical Inventions Limited
InventorJohn Charnley
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Abstract
An acetabular prosthesis for use in an artificial hip joint. Because acetabula vary in size, it is not practicable to produce a single prosthesis for each acetabulum, being preferable to provide a blank which can be manually trimmed to fit each acetabulum. Here a blank is used in the formation of an acetabular prosthesis comprising a body surrounding and defining a part-spherical socket whose entrance is surrounded by an annular rim and having a flange extending outwardly and rearwardly from the periphery of the rim and made of a material capable of being manually trimmed to be asymmetrical. The flange may be marked with cutting lines to indicate where it should be trimmed to fit a left or right acetabulum.
Claims3
A blank for use in the formation of an acetabular prosthesis and comprising:
- a body having a blind part-spherical socket, an annular rim surrounding the socket entrance and having a flange extending outwardly of and rearwardly from the rim periphery, the flange being marked with cutting lines for the trimming of same to a non-uniform width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.