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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventor:
Robert A Farris, Cordova, TN (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61B 17/1628 (2013.01); A61B 17/1655 (2013.01); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical instrument comprises a proximal end including a tool engagement surface. A distal end is configured to form a bore in vertebral tissue. The distal end includes a first thread, a second thread spaced from the first thread and at least one tissue depth indicia. Systems and methods are disclosed.