The Pinnacle Acetabular Cup System from Depuy comprises a 180 degree titanium shell with coating options including Porocoat (titanium sintered beads) Duofix (Porocoat with an HA coating) and Gription (high friction porous surface). The shell is designed to accept polyethylene, ceramic and metal...

The Novae Dual Mobility Cup is designed to reduce the risk of dislocation in patients at high risk including those with a history of dislocation, revision surgery and major tumour resection. Socket options include cemented (the "Stick"), uncemented with an HA coating (the "...

The MS-30 (Morscher-Spotorno) femoral stem from Zimmer is a cemented, collarless stem which is available in both matt and highly polised versions. Design features include three tapers and a rounded trapezoidal cross section. The purpose of the flange on the lateral aspect of the stem is to...

The MITCH hip resurfacing system is a metal on metal hip resurfacing device manufactured by Finsbury for Stryker. The bearing is a high precision ‘as cast’ high carbon cobalt chrome bearing. Finsbury has experience of hip resurfacing systems and markets its own system (the ADEPT...

The MIHR International Hip Resurfacing is a cast high-carbon cobalt chrome metal-on-metal hip resurfacing device intended to facilitate “small incision” surgery, and which has an appropriately specialised set of instruments for doing so. These include a retractor, femoral head...

The Corin MiniHip is a short-stemmed uncemented device intended to be more conservative on the femoral side than conventional femoral components, and requiring a mid-neck resection. The system is compatible with Corin’s Cormet resurfacing, and total hip systems, allowing some...

The Metha Short Hip Stem is a modular femoral stem designed for metaphyseal anchorage in the proximal femur. The curved stem has a rounded tip and sits against the dorsolateral cortex of the proximal femur. There is no collar. It varies in length from 9.75 to 12.25cm. The modularity allows the...

The Modular Dual Mobility acetabulum from Stryker (MDM) complements the ADM system, but is based on the Trident or Tritanium uncemented acetabular shells. The polyethylene component is manufactured from X3 polyethylene . The femoral head is either 22.2mm for smaller size shells, or 28mm. A CoCr...

Designed by Morrey in 1984, this conservative bone preserving femoral component has the longest track record in short stem devices. This is a neck-retaining device. The Mayo stem has a proximal wide trapezoidal cross-section in order to gain multipoint contact within cortical bone, and is wedge...

The Maxera ™ Cup from Zimmer is a large diameter ceramic acetabular component. The ceramic is Biolox delta, the design includes a 180 degree full hemisphere, with three anti-rotation fins. Large diameter heads ranging from 32mm to 48mm are available. The bearing is intended for younger...

The MARATHON cemented acetabulum is a cross-linked polyethylene socket for hip replacement. The device has a flange which can be trimmed after trialling and before insertion. The socket has an alignment wire which is supplied separately and should be affixed to the polyethylene component before...

The Global Tissue Sparing (GTS) primary hip stem is a short uncemented hip stem intended to spare bone and possibly soft tissue. In an early series of 81 stems in 80 patients, there was one calcar fracture and no loosening at a mean of 16 months (6 to 24 months). Reference: Morales...

The Furlong HAC Coated Total Hip Replacement Stem is a fully HA coated titanium femoral component designed to provide a good metaphyseal fit. It has a rectangular cross section proximally, a cone shaped transition section and a distal stem. The canal is overreamed to allow space for the stem....

The Furlong EVOLUTION stem is a modification of the highly successful Furlong HAC hip. The stem includes the following modifications: a reduced lateral shoulder for ease of insertion optimised neck geometry collared and non-collared options zoned coating with...

The Zimmer Fitmore stem system is a curved, short (44 to 60 mm in length), uncemented femoral stem with a trapezoidal cross section and triple taper geometry, available since 2008. The device is manufactured from Zimmer’s Protasul™ titanium alloy, has a proximal Ti-plasma coating and...

The Exeter Comtemporary X3 RimFit socket is a cemented socket for primary hip arthroplasty. The RimFit reamer is designed to flatten the rim of the socket in order to maxmise pressurisation and cement penetration into acetabular bone. 

The Exeter Trauma Stem is a lower-cost monobloc stem for hip hemiarthroplasty in the context of an intracapsular hip fracture. The surface finish differs from that of the Exeter stem in that it has not been hand polished. A surgical technique can be found here .    Reference:...

The Exeter hip is a cemented, polished tapered stem hip replacement with a long pedigree. The device was developed in 1969 and intended as a cemented implant for insertion by the posterior approach. In 2010 the device celebrated its millionth implantation, 40 years of clinical use and, possibly...

The Exceed ABT (Advanced Bearing Technology) Acetabular System from Biomet is an uncemented acetabular system applicable to both primary and revision hip implantations. Bearing choices include C2A-Delta Ceramic, M2A Series (metal) and E1 Anti-oxidant Infused polyethylene, which includes a number...

The Elite Plus Ogee Cup from Depuy is a UHMWPE cemented acetabular component for primary or revision hip arthroplasty.  In the 2011 National Joint Registry report, the socket had an ODEP 10A rating, and was implanted in 13% of all registered primary hip replacements. When used with the...

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...

The Durom hip resurfacing is a metal-on-metal hip resurfacing introduced in 2003. The device has a Metasul® bearing, which is wrought-forged Cobalt Chrome – the Protasul-21 WF alloy. This bearing was developed by Sulzer (subsequently Centerpulse, itself acquired by Zimmer in 2003), and...

Tornier's Dual Mobility Cup is available in cementless and cemented versions for primary replacement of the hip joint. The device has a metal back which, according to the manufacturer, ensures the joint range and stability are maintained. This image is provided courtesy of Tornier.

The DeltaMotion bearing from Finsbury is a large ceramic-on-ceramic bearing system. Femoral head diameters range from 32 to 48mm, shell sizes from 42 to 66mm. This system is said to be suited to patients with smaller acetabulae who would benefit from a large diameter bearing. The ceramic...

The CUT femoral neck endoprosthesis is a short stem device with a modular dual cone proximal component that allows the selection of different offsets and versions once the stem has been implanted. The implant is made from CoCrMo alloy and has a macroporous structure. The stem is curved at the...