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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. 07, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2003
Applicant:
John Mcintyre, Point Lookout, NY (US);
Inventor:
John McIntyre, Point Lookout, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present inventiondiscloses a bridge cap comprising a compressible resilient material having a substantially oval shape with a planar surface on the distal endsthereof. The bridge caphas a cavitywith a pliable materialtherein whereby the bridge cap can be releasably positioned on protruding pinssuch that the pins extending from the fixator devices can be covered to prevent inadvertent potentially damaging contact with the protruding pins especially while sleeping.