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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. 07, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rainer Baumgart, 81479 Muenchen, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/778 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/778 ;
Abstract
The medullary nail ( ) for bone distraction has an electric motor drive ( ) that is located in its interior ( ), preferably in its interior ( ) in the area of its tip ( ), and is connected with a reception antenna ( ) for feeding energy via an electrical connection ( ). The reception antenna ( ) and the electrical connection ( ) are located entirely in the interior ( ) of the medullary nail ( ). The medullary nail ( ) is equipped with an orifice ( ), which faces the reception antenna ( ) and allows the feeding of energy.