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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:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideo Sitoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Robert Reid, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 73 ; 606 61 ;
Abstract
To allow for greater ease of rod installation in a bone fixing screw having a threaded portion, and to prevent an installed rod from slipping out of place, there is formed at an outer end of a thread 11, a rod-receiving portion 12 having an opening obliquely placed with respect to the axial direction of the thread 11, so that a rod 20 can be inserted in a slantwise direction, and when it is stored in the rod-receiving portion 12, the rod 20 is secured in place with a retaining screw 14.