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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. 23, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
James M Carr, Cos Cob, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ; B08B / ; B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134-1 ; 134 26 ; 134 28 ; 134 29 ; 134-3 ; 134 41 ; 134 40 ; 134 42 ; 134 19 ;
Abstract
Used or partially used orthopaedic implants or similar medical devices which have been in contact with animal tissue are decontaminated and made available for reuse by a three step process effective for removal of protein tissue, bone tissue, and lipids.