Patent ID: 8888861

Claim:
A hip socket for a hip-joint prosthesis comprising: stiffening elements; wherein the hip socket has a dome shaped structure, an axis of symmetry extending along a length of the hip socket and an end face, the end face extending along a transverse plane that is orthogonal to the axis of symmetry of the hip socket; wherein the hip socket is asymmetrically structured so that the hip socket has at least one of a different rigidity in first and second directions, wherein the first and the second directions are orthogonal to each other and to the axis of symmetry of the hip socket, wherein the first and second directions extend along the transverse plane, wherein the axis of symmetry is coaxial with a central axis of the hip socket, wherein the stiffening elements are located in the hip socket in the first direction in relation to the second direction, and the stiffening elements are made from a material with a higher level of rigidity than the rest of the material of the hip socket, wherein a press-fit force to the hip socket causes deformation of the hip socket.