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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:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis W Burke, Milton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Biomet, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 74 ; 606 61 ; 606 73 ;
Abstract
A surgical wire assembly comprises a first portion comprising a cable including multiple elongated strands of metal, and a second portion comprising an elongated solid strand of metal, the first and second portions being joined end-to-end. The first portion is more flexible than the second portion, and the second portion is provided with a tensile strength exceeding the tensile strength of the first portion. There is further disclosed a method for applying the surgical wire assembly to bone.