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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:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
James A Rinner, Racine, WI (US);
Assignee:
Beere Precision Medical Instruments, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 60 ; 606 61 ; 606 62 ; 606 63 ; 606 64 ; 606 69 ; 606 73 ; 606 72 ; 623 17 ;
Abstract
A method and template for making a rod to be implanted in a human for affixing the spine of the patient. The template and the method consist of a metal rod covered by a flexible sleeve and end caps.