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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:
Feb. 18, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur E Ellison, Williamstown, MA (US);
Rocco R Borzone, Emerson, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Pfizer Hospital Products Group Inc., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 / ; 1283 / ; 128337 ;
Abstract
A bone staple for attaching tubular shaped soft tissue to bone, in which the transverse bridge of the staple has teeth on its underside to grip the tissue and is arch shaped so that the center of the bridge is above the bone surface when the staple legs are driven fully into a bone.
Published as:
EP0127994A1; JPS6018161A; US4570623A; EP0127994B1; ATE26914T1; DE3463442D1; JPS6344370B2; CA1254472A;