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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. 25, 2002
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
James M. Green, Portland, OR (US);
Stanley J. Kmiec, Jr., Coopersburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Synthes (USA), Paoli, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/784 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/784 ;
Abstract
An osteosynthetic implant for use in treating fractures to the head and neck of the humerus. The implant includes a body, a helically twisted blade having an oblate cross section, and a circumferential collar having a plurality of attachment points for sutures.