Patent ID: 7628820
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A set for creating an offset-resurfacing hip-joint implant, the set comprising a 1 to 1.5 mm thick metallic acetabulum shell ( 1 ) shaped for insertion into a natural acetabulum, from which acetabulum only cartilage has been removed, a metallic hip-joint head cap ( 2 ) shaped for placement on a natural hip-joint head, from which head only cartilage has been removed, wherein the head cap ( 2 ) has a wall which increases constantly from a thickness of 2 mm to 6 mm viewed in cross section in a region of a base edge ( 6 ) of the head cap, such that an eccentricity is produced in an outer shape of the head cap, and an inlay ( 3 ) shaped for insertion into the acetabulum shell ( 1 ) as a sliding partner for the head cap ( 2 ), the inlay having a material thickness of 2 to 5 mm.