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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:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alain Tornier, Saint-Ismier, FR;
Patrick Kluger, Erbach, DE;
Assignee:
Tornier S.A., Saint-Ismier, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 60 ; 606 61 ; 606 72 ; 606 54 ;
Abstract
A skeletal fixator including implant screws, a support angularly indexed with respect to a head of the implant screws and which comprises a cavity provided with a screw thread adapted to receive a connecting rod having a screw thread of pitch different from that of the thread of the cavity. A locking screw cooperates with the head of the implant screw to clamp and bind the connecting rod relative to the implant screws.