Spherical hip joint socket
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Mar 11, 1997
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Oct 17, 1994
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Nov 6, 1993
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The invention relates to a hip joint socket for insertion into bone tissue, with an outer metal shell and an inner ceramic shell, the ceramic shell being anchored in the metal shell. To reduce its size while simultaneously reducing the wall thickness of the ceramic shell the inside of the metal shell and the outside of the ceramic shell have a spherical shape accurately fitted to one another and means are disposed for equalizing the transmission of force between the ceramic shell and the metal shell.
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