Patents Assigned to OEC Europe Limited
  • Joint prosthesis
    Patent number: 4634445
    Abstract: A small joint spacing prosthesis comprises an elongate silicone rubber body reinforced by a Dacron or nylon string and is made by moulding the body with the string therein. The middle of the body forms a spacer of spherical shape with flat end faces providing shoulders for abutment of the bone ends. The remainder of the body forms intramedullary stems with rounded outer ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: OEC Europe Limited
    Inventor: Basil H. Helal