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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. 05, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerry L Aikins, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 20 ; 623 18 ; 623 66 ; 128782 ;
Abstract
A provisional implant includes an indicator of implant function. Alternating electrically conductive regions and electrically insulating regions on the surface of the provisional implant cooperate with an electrically conducting mating component to indicate when the mating component is in contact with each of the electrically conducting regions.