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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Mark H. Gonzalez, Chicago, IL (US);
Jack F. Long, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Mark H. Gonzalez, Chicago, IL (US);
Jack F. Long, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for reducing a fracture in a bone and attaching a plate to the bone includes a first sub-assembly configured to reduce the fracture, and a second sub-assembly integrated with said first sub-assembly in a single surgical instrument. The second sub-assembly is configured to hold the plate against the bone concurrently with reduction of the fracture by the first sub-assembly.