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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:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Schavan, Davos Dorf, CH;
Robert Frigg, Davos Platz, CH;
Assignee:
Synthes (U.S.A.), Paoli, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 73 ; 606 72 ; 606 61 ;
Abstract
A bone fixation device has a shaft threaded at the head end and shaped as a drill toward the tip.