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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. 17, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2005
Applicants:
John D. Pond, Jr., Germantown, TN (US);
Anthony J. Melkent, Memphis, TN (US);
Aurelien Bruneau, Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
John D. Pond, Jr., Germantown, TN (US);
Anthony J. Melkent, Memphis, TN (US);
Aurelien Bruneau, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for guiding a surgical implant to a bone anchor during surgery. The apparatus includes a bone anchor extender releasably attachable to the bone anchor wherein the bone anchor extender clips onto a head portion of the bone anchor to assist in guiding the surgical implant to the bone anchor.
Pond, Jr., John. (2009). Instrument and method for guiding surgical implants and instruments during surgery (U.S. Patent No. 7491208). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7491208
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