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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:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leo A Whiteside, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Stephen E White, Ballwin, MO (US);
Assignee:
Surgical Accessories, Inc., Bridgeton, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606103 ; 606148 ; 140119 ;
Abstract
A single surgical instrument to both pass a wire under a bone and twist the ends of the wire together is comprised of a hooked member mounted to a handle assembly. The hooked member has a notch to feed a wire as the hooked member is pulled about the bone. The handle assembly incorporates a crank comprised of two handles rotatably mounted to a grip to thereafter quickly and tightly twist the wires about the bone with the same instrument.