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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:
May. 22, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas Luckman, Lakeville, MA (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics, Inc., New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 88 ;
Abstract
A cutting guide to position a bone cutting device is disclosed. The cutting guide has at least one fixed or stationary surface and a movable surface to create a slot or gap between the fixed surface and movable surface. The cutting device is positioned and held in the slot to make accurate bone cuts.