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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:
Jan. 10, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
W E Mikhail, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 79 ; 606 86 ; 606 87 ; 606 53 ;
Abstract
A lateral patellar retractor for use in performing knee surgery includes a handle, an integral flat support extending downwardly from said handle and joined to said handle by an arcuate section and a pair of integral prongs extending from said integral support in spaced apart relationship, each terminating in a pointed free, said integral prongs including a curve which is reverse of the curved path followed by said arcuate section, said support and said prongs being sized to permit the prongs to engaged the shelf of the lateral tibial condyle while said support is engaging soft tissue. Means may be provided for anchoring the support and detaching the handle.