Artificial socket, screw for fixing artificial socket and artifi

Details Artificial socket, screw for fixing artificial socket and artifi Artificial socket, screw for fixing artificial socket and artifi

1997-12-30

1999-11-09

Willse, David H.

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Implantable prosthesis

Bone

623 19, 623 16, A61F 234, A61F 228

Patent

active

059805749

ABSTRACT:
An artificial socket comprising a composite body of a calcium phosphate compound and an in vivo-absorptive polymeric material. The artificial socket is embedded and secured in the pelvis side of the artificial hip joint. The socket has a configuration of a semi-spherical shell body, and the thickness thereof is thinner than that of a conventional artificial socket and the inner diameter thereof is substantially the same as that of a real socket in a human bone. An artificial hip joint using the artificial socket and a fixing screw suitable for the fixation of the socket in the pelvis are also disclosed.

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