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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:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanley B Pollak, Huntington, NY (US);
William Blasnik, Englewood, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The Research Foundation of State University of New York, Albany, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128335 ; 1283 / ; 128 / ; 128 / ; 24 1 / ; 24 1 / ; 24 2 / ;
Abstract
A banding assembly with which sternum halves can be brought into abutting closure, the assembly including as a unitary arrangement, a needle for initiating passage of a band member connected at one end thereto around the sternum and there being a buckle connected to the band opposite end to allow for band loop formation and drawn tight enclosure of the sternum halves, the buckle and band embodying loop locking structure and excess band length being readily removable upon completion of the closure banding.