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Patent No.:

US 7981115 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2007
Applicants:

Jeff R. Justis, Collierville, TN (US);

John D. Pond, Jr., Germantown, TN (US);

Inventors:

Jeff R. Justis, Collierville, TN (US);

John D. Pond, Jr., Germantown, TN (US);

Assignee:

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Instruments and methods for determining the spacing between locations in an animal subject are employed to size a connecting element to secure along a bony segment in the animal subject. The instruments and methods include a measuring instrument mountable to proximal ends of extensions extending from anchors engaged to the bony segment. The measuring instrument is configured to provide an indication of the spacing between the anchors even if the extensions are in non-parallel relation to one another.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Justis, Jeff. (2011). Instruments and methods for sizing a connecting element for positioning along a bony segment (U.S. Patent No. 7981115). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7981115

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