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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:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Denis Pichon, Bieville-Beuville, FR;
John Andrew Storer, Bayeux, FR;
Assignee:
Howmedica International Inc., , IE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 53 ; 606 79 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for impacting bone chips in a bone canal. The impactor has an impaction head of predetermined dimensions and a stem extending therefrom. There is a visual indicator provided with means for secure location on said stem to visually indicate the distance of insertion of the impaction head within a bone canal.