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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:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
William A. Rezach, Covington, TN (US);
Lawrence G. Lenke, New York, NY (US);
Charles Fisher, Vancouver, CA;
Marcel Dvorak, Vancouver, CA;
Daniel M. Sciubba, Reisterstown, MD (US);
Christopher Shaffrey, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Sigurd H. Berven, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ronald Lehman, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Jason M. May, St. Johns, FL (US);
Nicholas D. Fletcher, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7082 (2013.01); A61B 17/7002 (2013.01); A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/7083 (2013.01); A61B 17/8886 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical instrument having a first member engageable with a first end of a fastener having a second end configured to penetrate tissue. A second member includes an expandable member configured for engaging the first end. Systems and methods are disclosed.