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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:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Jason Roch Lebeau, Bridgewater, MA (US);
Carmel Ilka Bijoux, Boston, MA (US);
Steven Mark Bowman, Sherborn, MA (US);
Jason Roch LeBeau, Bridgewater, MA (US);
Carmel Ilka Bijoux, Boston, MA (US);
Steven Mark Bowman, Sherborn, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
An instrument includes a flexible shaft portion and a hook portion. The flexible shaft portion has a proximal end and a distal end and includes markings along an outer surface of the shaft portion. The hook portion is located at the distal end of the shaft portion. The shaft portion and the hook portion define a lumen that terminates in an opening at the hook portion.
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