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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:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael L Earle, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 93 ; 222389 ; 222391 ;
Abstract
A bone cement delivery gun for use in attachment of prosthetics and method of using the delivery gun. The gun comprises a reservoir and a trigger mechanism. The reservoir comprises a plunger at a first end of the reservoir and a screw mount fitting at a second end of the reservoir. The trigger mechanism comprises a first position wherein gas, from a compressed gas source, is prevented from reaching the plunger and a second position wherein compressed gas is conveyed from the compressed gas source to the plunger to thereby move the plunger in a direction toward the screw mount fitting.