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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. 02, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Tadeusz Z. Wellisz, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventor:
Tadeusz Z. Wellisz, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bioplate, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B017/56 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A clip to interconnect primary and secondary bone zones having edges and surfaces, comprising in combination a first tab to extend proximate a surface of the secondary bone zone; a second tab associated with the first tab, and located to extend proximate a surface of the primary bone zone, the second tab having at least one barb oriented to engage the primary bone to resist displacement of the second tab in a longitudinal direction toward the secondary bone zone.