US 11,771,801 B2
Polymer sleeve for inhibiting stem wear and improving taper-lock in modular and non-modular orthopedic implants and the fabrication and processing thereof
Balaji Prabhu, Hoover, AL (US); Andrew Wood, Birmingham, AL (US); Mahrokh Dadsetan, Birmingham, AL (US); Andreas Karau, Gelnhausen (DE); Harsh Patel, Hoover, AL (US); Marc Knebel, Heddesheim (DE); and Suneel Bandi, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Assigned to Evonik Operations GmbH, Essen (DE)
Appl. No. 16/617,726
Filed by Evonik Operations GmbH, Essen (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 14, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/065818
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 27, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/229196, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/519,393, filed on Jun. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0108174 A1, Apr. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A61L 27/26 (2006.01); C08L 23/06 (2006.01); C08L 71/12 (2006.01); A61L 27/16 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 27/26 (2013.01) [A61L 27/16 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/34 (2013.01); C08L 23/06 (2013.01); C08L 71/12 (2013.01); C08L 2203/02 (2013.01); C08L 2205/025 (2013.01); C08L 2205/035 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A polymeric sleeve for an implant, the polymeric sleeve comprising a polymeric material wherein the polymeric sleeve comprises a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the height measured from the distal end to the proximal end of the sleeve is between 5 and 50 mm, and wherein the polymeric sleeve has an angle of the taper, wherein the angle of the taper is adjustable between 5 and 7 degrees.