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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2002
Applicants:
J. Riley Hawkins, Cumberland, RI (US);
Conor Russell Mccrea, Brookline, MA (US);
Christopher Lawrence Ramsay, New Bedford, MA (US);
Inventors:
J. Riley Hawkins, Cumberland, RI (US);
Conor Russell McCrea, Brookline, MA (US);
Christopher Lawrence Ramsay, New Bedford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Depuy Spine, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for use by a surgeon to determine the distance between two points within a surgical site, the device having a gripper retractably and flexibly connected to a body by a retractor having a proximal spring portion and a distal portion comprising a cable.