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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. 16, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
J Stephen Holmes, Atlanta, GA (US);
Charles E Beuchat, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Arlington, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606208 ; 606170 ; 606205 ; 81416 ;
Abstract
A surgical instrument which easily disassembles for sterilization comprises an inner rod coaxially disposed in a hollow tube with a handle at one end of the rod and a working tip at the other end. The handle is detachably interconnected to the inner rod and the inner rod is detachably interconnected to the hollow tube by the cooperation of at least one locking pin secured to the inner rod and a locking tab formed on the inner surface of the hollow tube.