Socket and joint prostheses

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1977-02-07

1978-11-28

Keenan, Michael J.

Metal working

Method of mechanical manufacture

Utilizing transitory attached element or associated separate...

29447, 29458, 295272, 3 1912, 128 92C, 427 2, A61F 124

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041269241

ABSTRACT:
Pyrolytic carbon artificial socket prostheses for permanent or prolonged implantation in a living body, and methods for making such prostheses. The prostheses comprise a suitably shaped socket element substrate having a hemispherical socket cup, a compression-loaded hemispherical carbon shell mounted in said cup, and a vapor deposited carbon coating (including carbon-carbon alloys) on the substrate-carbon shell assembly.

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patent: 3813699 (1974-06-01), Giliberty
patent: 3894297 (1975-07-01), Mittelmeier et al.
patent: 3896547 (1975-07-01), Kulwiec

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