Instrument for use in a joint replacement procedure
CA 2610674 C · Owner: Lafosse, Laurent · Inventors: Lafosse, Laurent
Overview
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A trial implant component for use in a surgical procedure for replacement of a joint prosthesis at a joint between a long bone and another bone includes a metaphyseal part which can be located so that it extends into a cavity at the resected face of the long bone in contact with the internal wall of the cavity in the metaphyseal region. The metaphyseal part has a part of a spigot and socket assembly for engaging a mating component which has the corresponding part of the said assembly. The spigot and socket assembly defines an assembly axis, in which the ratio of the length of the metaphyseal part measured between the superior and inferior faces along the assembly axis to its width …
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- Filed June 2, 2006 and granted August 12, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 2, 2026.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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