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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:
Aug. 15, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roger R Kenyon, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 85 ;
Abstract
A rasp-like instrument for forming a cavity in the intermedullary passage of a femur for the implantation of a femoral stem prosthesis. The rasp includes a detachable extension end which can be removed when the rasp is used to form the cavity for the primary implant stem and connected to provide a deeper cavity for the revision implant stem.