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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:
Jul. 07, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward A Ebert, Snyder, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128898 ; 606103 ;
Abstract
A suture for binding fractured bone parts together, when placed around a bone, to enhance regrowth and healing of the bone. The suture comprises a resilient monofilament material having continuously occurring contact areas uniformly separated from each other by non-contacting spaces to permit the continuity of blood vessels nerve channels, body fluids or other body parts from one side of the suture to its other side when the suture is under tension around a bone or cartilage.