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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. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Joshua P. Federspiel, Portland, OR (US);
David W. Van Vleet, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Joshua P. Federspiel, Portland, OR (US);
David W. Van Vleet, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Acumed LLC, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Bone fixation system, including methods, apparatus, and kits, and comprising a bone plate and at least one instrument that attaches to the bone plate and provides at least one radiopaque region to facilitate positioning the bone plate on bone visualized by radiographic imaging. The instrument may be a handle assembly and/or a targeting guide.