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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. 30, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Steele, Germantown, TN (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew Richards Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
602 27 ; 602 36 ; 606 86 ;
Abstract
An ankle clamp apparatus for use with tibial cutting instruments has a frame with pivoting arms attached for gripping a patient's ankle during use. The arms can be held open with latches prior to placement and quickly released to grip the patient's leg by depressing the latches. The device can be operated by a surgeon using only one hand to depress the latches.