Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,162,256 · App. 08/998,879
Acetabular prosthesis
Inventors:
Pierre S. Ostiguy, Robert E. Sommerich
Patented Case
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Granted: Dec 19, 2000
Filed: Dec 29, 1997
Inventors
Pierre S. Ostiguy
Robert E. Sommerich
Assignee (at issue)
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
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