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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
James A. Rinner, Racine, WI (US);
Kevin K. Marchant, Kenosha, WI (US);
Assignee:
Beere Precision Medical Instruments, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/756 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/756 ;
Abstract
A method and template for making a rod to be implanted into a human for affixing the patient's spine. The template and the method consist of a metal rod covered by a flexible sleeve and end plugs which are cemented into the sleeve ends to fluid tightly encase the rod and prevent particulates from getting into the patient.