Patent ID: 8728168
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An acetabular system implantable in an acetabular cavity in a patient, the acetabular system comprising: an acetabular cup implant; and a support structure sized and adapted to be secured to an inner surface of the acetabular cavity, the support structure comprising a pair of components that are each formed separately from said acetabular cup implant for subsequently being connected to said acetabular cup implant and which are each formed with a porous material that is a bone ingrowth receptive material with a porous structure for encouraging bone ingrowth into the component, said pair of components implantable adjacent to one another in the acetabular cavity for providing the support structure with an inner surface for accommodating the acetabular cup implant, each of the pair of components including an outer convex surface approximating a partial hemisphere and being available upon implantation to contact the inner surface of the acetabular cavity so that bone of the patient can grow into the component through the outer convex surface, wherein at least a portion of the acetabular cup implant is securable to the inner surface of the support structure to prevent relative movement between the support structure and the acetabular cup implant.