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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:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alain Tornier, Saint Ismier, FR;
Francois Bonnomet, Strasbourg, FR;
Assignee:
Tornier SA, Saint Ismier, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
Abstract
A device for fixing an implant in a patient's bone which includes an expanding element which is limited in it's plastic deformation when a force is applied for fixing the implant in the bone, such that the expanding element is reversible when another force is applied for removing the implant from the bone.
Published as:
FR2777447A1; WO9953843A1; FR2777447B1; EP1073373A1; US6540770B1; EP1073373B1; DE69923962D1; ES2238830T3; DE69923962T2;