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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
John Disegi, West Chester, PA (US);
Thomas Joseph Maughan, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 17/64 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 17/6466 (2013.01); A61B 17/6416 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00929 (2013.01); G01R 33/288 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01);
Abstract
An electrical insulator is applied to a bone anchor, for instance of a bone implant, such as an external fixation frame, so as to prevent undesirable temperature increases in the bone anchor and surrounding anatomical tissue when subjected magnetic resonance imaging.