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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Graham Smith, Newburyport, MA (US);
Alexander John Gutteridge, Hemingford Abbots, GB;
James Richard Robinson, Chippenham, GB;
Daniel B. Ellis, Holliston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Graham Smith, Newburyport, MA (US);
Alexander John Gutteridge, Hemingford Abbots, GB;
James Richard Robinson, Chippenham, GB;
Daniel B. Ellis, Holliston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A guide apparatus including a body having a proximal end, a distal end, a hole formed therethrough, and a central axis defined therethrough, and a projection member coupled to the distal end of the body. An outer diameter of the body is larger than an outer diameter of the projection member. Further, the projection member does not obstruct a pathway defined by the hole.