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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:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
James D. Ralph, Oakland, NJ (US);
Stephen Tatar, Montvale, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Third Millennium Engineering, LLC, Summit, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/788 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/788 ;
Abstract
An instrument for inserting an implant between vertebral bodies, including a holder adapted to hold the implant during insertion of the implant between the vertebral bodies, a retractor adapted to retract the holder away from the implant after the insertion, and a guard adapted to prevent the implant from being removed from between the vertebral bodies during the retraction.