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Acetabular cups and methods of their manufacture
Assignee: Biomet Ltd
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Filing: 1997-04-21
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Granted: 1999-03-09
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Expires: 2017-04-21
Abstract
Abstract There is described an acetabular cup having an outer shell and an inner liner, which inner liner provides a bearing surface of metallic or ceramic material, wherein there is provided in a position around the rim of the inner liner a shoulder formed of a material that is softer than that used for the head or neck of a femoral component with which the acetabular cup is to be used, which shoulder limits the motion of the femoral component during use. The shoulder may be of a polymeric material such as polyethylene. There is also described an acetabular cup having an inner liner of metallic of ceramic material and an outer shell which is manufactured from a bone cement material. There is further described a method of manufacturing the described acetabular cups which method comprises directly molding the polymeric shoulder of outer shell around the ceramic or metallic inner liner.
Inventors
- 👤 Ronald James Bateman
- 👤 Robert Andrew Scott
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 17:39
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/30; A61F2/32; A61F2/34; B; B29; B29C; B29C43/00; B29C43/02; B29C43/18; B29C70/00; B29C70/68; A61F2/3094; A61F2002/30001; A61F2002/30003; A61F2002/30004; A61F2002/30016; A61F2002/30621; A61F2002/30649; A61F2002/30662; A61F2/30942; A61F2002/30957; A61F2002/3241; A61F2002/3445; A61F2002/3448; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0014; A61F2250/0019; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00011; A61F2310/00179; A61F2310/00353; A61F2310/00389; A61F2310/00952; B29C2793/00; B29C2793/009; B29K; B29K2705/00; B29K2709/00; B29K2709/02; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/753; B29L2031/7532
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
106 words
An acetabular cup for use with a head or a neck of a femoral component, said acetabular cup comprising: an outer shell; and an inner liner, said inner liner providing a bearing surface of metallic or ceramic material, wherein there is provided in a position around a rim of said inner liner a shoulder integrally formed with said outer shell, said shoulder and shell being formed of a material that is softer than that used for the head or the neck of the femoral component with which the acetabular cup is to be formed, whereby said shoulder limits the motion of the femoral component during use.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
106 words
An acetabular cup for use with a head or a neck of a femoral component, said acetabular cup comprising: an outer shell; and an inner liner, said inner liner providing a bearing surface of metallic or ceramic material, wherein there is provided in a position around a rim of said inner liner a shoulder integrally formed with said outer shell, said shoulder and shell being formed of a material that is softer than that used for the head or the neck of the femoral component with which the acetabular cup is to be formed, whereby said shoulder limits the motion of the femoral component during use.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The acetabular cup according to claim 1, wherein said softer material from which said shell and said shoulder is manufactured is a biomedically acceptable polymeric material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The acetabular cup according to claim 2, wherein said biomedically acceptable polymeric material is selected from a group consisting of polyether ether ketone (PEEK), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and polyethylene (PE).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The acetabular cup according to claim 1 wherein said outer shell and said shoulder are manufactured from a bone cement material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The acetabular cup according to claim 4, wherein said bone cement material is manufactured from an acrylic material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The acetabular cup according to claim 5, wherein said acrylic material is selected from a group consisting of methylmethacrylate polymer and copolymer.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
55 words
A method of manufacturing an acetabular cup, said method comprising the steps of: forming an inner liner having a bearing surface; forming an outer shell and a shoulder around a portion of said inner liner, the shoulder being integrally formed with the outer shell from a biomedically acceptable material to form a single integral unit.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
55 words
A method of manufacturing an acetabular cup, said method comprising the steps of: forming an inner liner having a bearing surface; forming an outer shell and a shoulder around a portion of said inner liner, the shoulder being integrally formed with the outer shell from a biomedically acceptable material to form a single integral unit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of forming the outer shell and shoulder further includes the step of molding the outer shell and shoulder as a first shape and machining the first shape into its desired shape after the molding has taken place.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
61 words
The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of forming the inner liner further includes the step of forming the inner liner from a ceramic or metallic material and wherein the step of forming the outer shell and shoulder further includes the step of forming the outer shell and shoulder as a single integral unit from a bone cement material.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
68 words
The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of forming the inner liner further includes the step of forming the inner liner from a ceramic or metallic material and wherein the step of molding the outer shell and shoulder further includes the step of molding a polymeric outer shell and polymeric shoulder as a single integral unit around a portion of the ceramic or metallic inner liner.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
134 words
An acetabular cup to be implanted in an acetabulum and used with a head or a neck of a femoral component, said acetabular cup comprising: an inner liner of metallic or ceramic material having an inner bearing surface and an outer mating surface with a rim located therebetween; and an outer shell having an inner mating surface and an outer connecting surface with an integrally formed shoulder positioned about said rim of said inner liner, said outer shell and shoulder being formed of a material that is softer than that used for the head or neck of the femoral component, wherein said outer mating surface of said inner liner substantially mates with said inner mating surface of said outer shell and said outer connecting surface is operable to be connected substantially adjacent the acetabulum.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
134 words
An acetabular cup to be implanted in an acetabulum and used with a head or a neck of a femoral component, said acetabular cup comprising: an inner liner of metallic or ceramic material having an inner bearing surface and an outer mating surface with a rim located therebetween; and an outer shell having an inner mating surface and an outer connecting surface with an integrally formed shoulder positioned about said rim of said inner liner, said outer shell and shoulder being formed of a material that is softer than that used for the head or neck of the femoral component, wherein said outer mating surface of said inner liner substantially mates with said inner mating surface of said outer shell and said outer connecting surface is operable to be connected substantially adjacent the acetabulum.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
The acetabular cup according to claim 11, wherein said inner liner is a contiguous hemispherically shaped inner liner.
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