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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:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald J. Franklin, Bowdoinham, ME (US);
Joel I. Franck, Durham, ME (US);
Frederick C. Haer, Brunswick, ME (US);
Assignee:
Neutar, LLC, Bowdoinham, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ;
Abstract
A surgical fixture is formed by scanning a body to form a three-dimensional image of the body, and then identifying in the image a target point in the body, and mounting structures on the body. A model, such as a computer solid model, of the fixture is specified in accordance with the locations of the target point and mounting structures. The fixture is formed in accordance with the model of the fixture, for example using a rapid prototyping and tooling machine.
Published as:
WO0001316A1; AU5088599A; EP1094760A1; US6327491B1; US6738657B1; US2005085719A1; EP1094760B1; ATE321499T1; DE69930638D1; DE69930638T2;