Title:
A FEMORAL HIP PROSTHESIS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/051576
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A femoral hip prosthesis (100) has a body (101) having a body lateral face (104), a body medial face (105), a body front face (106) and a body rear face (107). A stem extends longitudinally from a lower end of the body (101) along a central stem axis (S). A neck (103) extends from an upper end of the body (101) along a central neck axis (N) inclined at an obtuse angle to the central stem axis (S). The body lateral face (104) is provided with a series of longitudinally spaced lateral face teeth (110) transversely extending between the body front face (106) and body rear face (107). Each of the lateral face teeth (110) has an upper face (112) inclined with respect to an adjacent tangent of the body lateral face (104) by between 60 and 120 degrees.
Inventors:
CHUNG WUI (AU)
NEIL MICHAEL (AU)
SORIAL RAMI (AU)
WALLER CRAIG (AU)
RIBOT MICHAEL (AU)
BANKS STEPHEN (AU)
NEIL MICHAEL (AU)
SORIAL RAMI (AU)
WALLER CRAIG (AU)
RIBOT MICHAEL (AU)
BANKS STEPHEN (AU)
Application Number:
PCT/AU2009/001161
Publication Date:
July 15, 2010
Filing Date:
September 04, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CHUNG WUI (AU)
NEIL MICHAEL (AU)
SORIAL RAMI (AU)
WALLER CRAIG (AU)
RIBOT MICHAEL (AU)
BANKS STEPHEN (AU)
NEIL MICHAEL (AU)
SORIAL RAMI (AU)
WALLER CRAIG (AU)
RIBOT MICHAEL (AU)
BANKS STEPHEN (AU)
International Classes:
A61F2/36
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SPRUSON & FERGUSON (Sydney, NSW 2001, AU)
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