Abstract: A prosthetic femoral component is located in a prepared socket in a femur which has been resected at a position on the proximal side of its neck and includes a tapered insert and a proximal head portion. The proximal end of the insert portion is adapted for location in the prepared socket and has a maximum dimension in a plane normal to the distal-proximal axis of the neck which is larger than the minimum dimension of the neck in a parallel plane. The component takes advantage of the bone at the periphery of the socket which enables the insert to be accurately and firmly located in the bone. The presence of the bone at the outer edges of the socket helps to stabilize the component. Preferably the tapered insert portion is flared outwardly in the proximal direction. The tapered insert portion can be dimensioned to pass through the neck of the femur with which it is to be used or it can stop short of it.

Abstract: A prosthetic femoral component is located in a prepared socket in a femur which has been resected at a position on the proximal side of its neck. The component includes an insert portion and an enlarged proximal head portion the distal end of the head portion being adapted for location in the prepared socket. The component takes advantage of the bone at the periphery of the socket which enables the insert and the part of the head concerned to be accurately and firmly located in the bone. The presence of the bone at the outer edges of the socket helps to stabilize the component. The insert portion can be dimensioned to pass through the neck of the femur with which it is to be used or to be shorter depending upon the requirements.

Abstract: The disclosed apparatus determines the parameters, such as size, shape, and position, of figures on a surface. It includes a camera means generating a video signal. A table assembly adjusts the position of the camera and surface on the table with respect to each other as specified by position signals. Control circuitry generates the position signals so as to bring at least a portion of a figure into the camera's field of view. The video signal generated when this portion of a figure is in view is used by processing circuitry to determine the figure's parameters.In one embodiment, the expected parameter values for a figure are retrieved from storage circuitry and compared against the parameter values as determined by the processing circuitry. If the parameter values are out of range, an error signal is generated. Error data may be recorded or transmitted to an external device for statistical analysis.