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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:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadeusz Z. Wellisz, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Eric V. Hohenstein, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bioplate, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/780 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/780 ;
Abstract
A clip to inter-connect primary and secondary bone zones having edges, comprising in combination a tab to extend over a surface or surfaces of at least one of the bone zones, above a level defined by the one surface; a first projection carried by the tab and having a hook to engage a bone zone at its edge, and below the level. The projection may be bowed, and may have S-configuration.