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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. 30, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taguchi Medical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ; A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 60 ; 606 69 ; 606 71 ; 623 16 ;
Abstract
A bone plate adapted to be attached to the surface of a bone across-the broken-away portion of the bone to thereby fix the broken-away portion is provided with a body provided with a bottom surface formed so as to contact with the bone and a surface formed so as not to impart trouble to an upper tissue, and formed so as to extend in one or more directions, at least one opening formed in the body for receiving a fastener therein and fixing the bone plate, and a pin formed so as to protrude from the bottom surface of the body, and formed so as to be able to be driven into the bone to thereby at least tentatively set the body relative to the bone.