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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:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert L. Diaz, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/758 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/758 ;
Abstract
A surgical kit for minimally invasive total hip replacement includes a guide for inserting a guide wire into the body at the appropriate angle for reaming an Acetabulum. A shaft is inserted along the path of the guide wire. Working heads are sequentially attached to the shaft. The working heads of the reamers, impactors, trials and screw drivers are changed in the primary surgical incision thereby reducing the size of the incision and the trauma.