US Patent 9161840 Modular prosthetic component with improved body shape

Patent 9161840 was granted and assigned to Consensus Orthopedics on October, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Consensus Orthopedics

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

9161840

Date of Patent

October 20, 2015

Patent Application Number

11036586

Date Filed

January 14, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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David H Willse

Patent abstract

An improved body element for use in a modular prosthetic stem component of the sort comprising a body element and at least one other element, wherein the body element and the at least one other element are joined together by at least one modular connection, wherein the improved body element comprises an anterior wall and a posterior wall, at least one of the anterior wall and the posterior wall converging toward the other on the medial side of the body element and diverging away from the other on the lateral side of the body element, whereby the body element approximates a general wedge shape.