Patents Assigned to Ceramiques Techniques Desmarquest
  • Patent number: 5181929
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a femoral prosthesis consisting of a metal rod having a male frustoconical end portion and a femoral head, or ceramic ball, having a frustoconical blind recess, assembled by means of a conical sleeve fitment. The ceramic ball is formed of material having an improved flexion breakage modulus and an improved elasticity modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Ceramiques Techniques Desmarquest
    Inventors: Christian Prats, Pierre Vivier
  • Patent number: 4964869
    Abstract: An assembly of a ceramic head fixed to a rod, which assembly is a component of a hip prosthesis that has improved distribution of the stresses transferred from the rod to the ceramic head. The ceramic head includes a blind recess, generally in the shape of a truncated cone, into which the male end of the rod is nested, in which this nesting together is provided without play between the ceramic head and the end of the rod in only a portion of the depth of the recess, while in the remaining portion of the recess there is no contact between the ceramic head and the end of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Ceramiques Techniques Desmarquest
    Inventors: Michel Auclair, Christian Prats
  • Patent number: RE37964
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a femoral prosthesis consisting of a metal rod having a male frustoconical end portion and a femoral head, or ceramic ball, having a frustoconical blind recess, assembled by means of a conical sleeve fitment. The ceramic ball is formed of material having an improved flexion breakage modulus and an improved elasticity modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Ceramiques Techniques Desmarquest
    Inventors: Christian Prats, Pierre Vivier