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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:
Oct. 10, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert R Moore, Hayward, CA (US);
Steve Lamb, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Eugene M Wolf, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 / ; 128 / ; 128305 ;
Abstract
A ligament repair kit and procedure for installing a cannulated bone screw and ligament washer to retain ligament at a bone site using a first cannula in conjunction with selected obturators to engage and relocate ligament and in conjunction with a drill bit to drill a bone hole for anchoring, and using a second larger cannula with a driver to screw a bone screw into the bone hole retaining the relocated ligament at the anchoring site.