Composite femoral implant having increased neck strength

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A61L 27/00 (2006.01) A61F 2/30 (2006.01) A61F 2/36 (2006.01) A61L 27/44 (2006.01) A61F 2/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2050251

ABSTRACT Disclosed is an improvement in a femoral implant for a hip prosthesis involving a longitudinal shaft having a neck extending therefrom at an acute angle .theta. to the longitudinal direction made of layers of carbon fiber in a polymeric matrix, each layer containing unidirectional fibers and the layers arranged such that carbon fibers are oriented in the longitudinal direction and the ? .theta. direction. The improvement involves balancing at least 50% of the layers in the ? .theta. direction.

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