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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:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicola Giordano, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Theodor Lutze, Balgheim, DE;
Rudolf Henche, Rheinfelden, DE;
Assignee:
Aesculap AG & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 13 ; 623 16 ;
Abstract
In an implant for fixing a plastic replacement for a tendon at a channel accommodating the plastic tendon replacement in the area of the tibia near the knee in the form of a disc having through-openings for threads joined to the plastic tendon replacement and being of such dimensions that it completely covers the opening of the channel exiting from the tibia, in order to prevent rotation of the implant with respect to the tibia head, the disc comprises on its underside facing the tibia projections for preventing the disc from rotating relative to the tibia.