US4126924A
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Socket and joint prostheses
Assignee: General Atomics Corp
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Filing: 1977-02-07
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Granted: 1978-11-28
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Expires: 1997-02-07
Abstract
Abstract Pyrolytic carbon artificial socket prostheses for permanent or prolonged implantation in a living body, and methods for making such prostheses. The prostheses comprise a suitably shaped socket element substrate having a hemispherical socket cup, a compression-loaded hemispherical carbon shell mounted in said cup, and a vapor deposited carbon coating (including carbon-carbon alloys) on the substrate-carbon shell assembly.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert J. Akins
- 👤 Victor Slivenko
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 01:19
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/30; A61F2/32; A61F2/30767; A61L; A61L27/00; A61L27/02; A61L27/08; A61F2/3094; A61F2/34; A61F2/36; A61F2/3662; A61F2002/30001; A61F2002/30316; A61F2002/30329; A61F2002/30331; A61F2002/30332; A61F2002/30405; A61F2002/30476; A61F2002/30495; A61F2002/30621; A61F2002/30649; A61F2/30771; A61F2002/3085; A61F2002/30934; A61F2002/3453; A61F2002/3462; A61F2002/3466; A61F2002/348; A61F2002/3493; A61F2/3609; A61F2002/3611; A61F2002/365; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0025; A61F2220/0033; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00011; A61F2310/00161; A61F2310/00173; A61F2310/00389; A61F2310/00574; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S623/00; Y10S623/909; Y10S623/911; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/4981; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49863; Y10T29/49865; Y10T29/49885; Y10T29/4998; Y10T29/49982
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A method for manufacturing socket prostheses for permanent or prolonged implantation in a living body, comprising the steps of depositing a carbon shell on a hemispherical substrate form at elevated temperature, said deposited carbon shell having a coefficient of thermal expansion less than that of said substrate, cooling said substrate form and said carbon shell deposited thereon to place said shell under compressive strain, mounting said hemispherical substrate form and compressively strained shell in a hemispherical socket cavity of a suitably shaped socket element substrate, removing said substrate form from said carbon shell to provide a socket element substrate-carbon shell assembly having said carbon shell as a socket bearing element, and depositing a carbon coating on said socket element substrate-shell assembly.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
121 words
A method for manufacturing socket prostheses for permanent or prolonged implantation in a living body, comprising the steps of depositing a carbon shell on a hemispherical substrate form at elevated temperature, said deposited carbon shell having a coefficient of thermal expansion less than that of said substrate, cooling said substrate form and said carbon shell deposited thereon to place said shell under compressive strain, mounting said hemispherical substrate form and compressively strained shell in a hemispherical socket cavity of a suitably shaped socket element substrate, removing said substrate form from said carbon shell to provide a socket element substrate-carbon shell assembly having said carbon shell as a socket bearing element, and depositing a carbon coating on said socket element substrate-shell assembly.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1981-11-27 | 1982-05-29 | 1982-11-28 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-11-27 | 1986-05-29 | 1986-11-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1989-11-27 | 1990-05-29 | 1990-11-28 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |