Implant

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8632601
APP PUB NO 20090187252A1
SERIAL NO

12298615

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The invention relates to an implant for relieving damaged areas of the surfaces of hip or shoulder joints from stress. Said implant can be introduced into the space between the joint surfaces of the condyle and the socket cooperating in the natural joint. The inventive implant is cup-shaped or cap-shaped, rests in the socket by a convex external face, and sits on the condyle by a concave internal face in the implanted state. The implant comprises at least two articulation layers which are movable relative to each other and encompass articulation surfaces that face one another in the implanted state.

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  • ZIMMER GMBH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Heuberger, Peter Raterschen, CH 4 75
Howald, Ralph Gossau, CH 6 113
Trommsdorff, Ulrike Zurich, CH 2 52

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