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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2007
Applicants:
Lukas Giger, Basel, CH;
Hans Flueckiger, Oetwil am See, CH;
Hugo Flueckiger, Derendingen, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Synthes (USA), West Chester, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for displacing tissue within the body, wherein the apparatus includes two or more attachment members selectively displaceable with respect to each other via a driving member. The driving member preferably is rotatable and is caused to rotate by manually activating an actuator by applying a depressing force from outside the body.