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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2001
James A. Rinner, Racine, WI (US);
Michael A. Jordan, Racine, WI (US);
Beere Precision Medical Instruments, Inc., Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
A selective compression and distraction instrument useful in manipulating bone, such as a person's spine during surgery. There are two handle sections and one jaw section. One handle section produces a compression action and the other produces a distraction action. The user determines which action to apply, and then selects the appropriate handle section which is releasably attached to the one jaw section. The jaw section is arranged to have two tips, and the jaw section moves the tips in a parallel relationship toward and away relative to each other. The tips are releasably and interchangeably attachable to the jaw section, and they provide selective spacing of tip blades from each other.