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SOCKET AND PROSTHESIS FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT

  • US 20080177395A1
  • Filed: 01/19/2007
  • Published: 07/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A joint prosthesis for joint replacement surgery of a ball and socket joint of a patient, comprising:

  • a socket capable of fixation to a socket bone of the patient;

    a unit comprised of a head having a ball surface, the head being pre-mounted and the ball surface being retained in the socket and capable of movement within the socket, such that the unit having the ball surface and the socket are operably fixed to the socket bone as a ball and socket unit; and

    a coupling mechanism for coupling the ball surface to another bone in the patient.

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