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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:
Apr. 25, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
J Kendall Ethridge, Waco, TX (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 80 ; 606 86 ; 606 96 ;
Abstract
A kit for performing surgical reconstruction of a shoulder separation using a device for visualizing the shoulder structure and particularly the clavicle and coracoid process. The kit includes a drill for drilling a hole through the clavicle and the coracoid process. A plurality of guide pins for insertion into the shoulder to define an initial entry position and angle for the drill. The kit also includes a device for reducing the separation between the clavicle and the coracoid process while providing a desired separation therebetween.