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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2008
Owen Carlos Mcgarity, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Bryan James Griffiths, Coatesville, PA (US);
Paul Christopher Ciccone, Lincoln University, PA (US);
Ross Jonathan Hamel, West Chester, PA (US);
Dana Joseph Coombs, Harleysville, PA (US);
Robert Joseph Chilton, Iii, Quakertown, PA (US);
Owen Carlos McGarity, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Bryan James Griffiths, Coatesville, PA (US);
Paul Christopher Ciccone, Lincoln University, PA (US);
Ross Jonathan Hamel, West Chester, PA (US);
Dana Joseph Coombs, Harleysville, PA (US);
Robert Joseph Chilton, III, Quakertown, PA (US);
Synthes USA, LLC, West Chester, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a transbuccal plate holding cannula used in osteofixation procedures. The transbuccal plate holding cannula of the present invention can be releasably secured to a bone plate such that tools and fasteners may be passed through the plate holding cannula in order to secure the bone plate to a bone.