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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. 20, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Howmedica International, Shannon, IE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 81 ; 606 86 ; 606 91 ;
Abstract
An acetabular bone graft impactor comprising a contact surface at least part of which is located on a head connected to a shaft provided with and anvil to be hit with a hammer. A flange extends from the head so that the contact surface shape can be selectively altered.