| DEPUY (IRELAND) Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20120123429 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A multi-function impactor for use with an orthopaedic implant, such as a knee joint, is described. The head of the impactor has a pair of curved recesses for mating with condylar parts of a femoral implant and flat faces for mating with a tibial implant. An extended formation is also provided for use with the inter-condylar notch of the femoral implant. A v-shaped notch in the extended formation is also provided to impact a tibial insert. The impactor can be made from a single moulded plastics part. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20110266280 | COVER - A cover and method of covering a sterilizable medical container are described. The cover is used to cover a sterilizable medical container wrapped in at least one sheet of a wrapping material. The cover has a body including an upper member configured to hold the wrapping material against an upper portion of the container and a lower member configured to hold the wrapping material against a lower portion of the container. The body can be assembled about the wrapped container to hold the wrapping material about the container. At least one handle extends from the body which can be held by a user to move the covered wrapped container. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110130845 | CUP COMPONENT OF AN ORTHOPAEDIC JOINT PROSTHESIS - A cup component of an orthopaedic joint prosthesis comprises a hollow shell wherein the head part of a mating component of the joint can be received. The shell has a flange at its open face extending around at least part of its periphery with at least two major threaded bores extending through the flange. The flange also provides at least one minor threaded bore, wherein the diameter of the minor bore is less than that of the major bores and the pitch of the thread in the minor bore is less than that of the thread in the major bores. The cup component includes at least two fixation screws whose shanks have approximately equal diameters, each of which is threaded on its external surface (i) to engage the thread a respective one of the bores in the shell flange, and (ii) to threadingly engage the bone, and a temporary screw having a self-drilling tip for forming a bore in a bone, and a diameter and a thread which are suitable for threadingly engaging the thread in the minor bore. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110130766 | APPARATUS AND MEASURING INSTRUMENT - An apparatus and measuring instrument ( | 06-02-2011 |