The Elite Plus Cemented Cup from Depuy-Synthes is a cemented acetabular component which is most often implanted with the Charnley stem. In the 2011 National Joint Registry report, the cup had an ODEP 10A rating and was used in 9% of primary hip implantations. The Elite plus flanged socket...

CONTOUR Acetabular Rings are titanium rings designed for the protection of acetabular bone graft in revision hip surgery. The ring provides a stable base for a cemented socket and is indicated in large cavitary defects, medial wall defects, segmental defects involving the anterior or posterior...

The Trilogy Acetabular Cup system from Zimmer is an uncemented socket which is an evolution of the Harris-Galante and HGP II cup designs. Options include a uni-hole shell, which allows visual confirmation of seating, a non-holed shell, cluster hole, multi hole and spiked shell configurations....

The Proxima Short Stem from Depuy is a proximally loading short stem hip prosthesis made of forged titanium alloy, with a Duofix™ porous coating and hydroxyapatite surface coating. It is available in nine sizes with standard and high-offset variants. The paper by Toth (1) gives several...

The Contemporary Acetabular Cup from Stryker is a cemented, flanged, polyethylene component used for primary or revision hip arthroplasty. The cup has methylmethacrylate studs on the base which are removable but which are intended to remove the risk of bottoming out. The flange can be trimmed to...