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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:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Applicants:
John Rose, Collierville, TN (US);
James Rains, Cordova, TN (US);
William Patterson, Southaven, MS (US);
Mark Lewis, Memphis, TN (US);
Gene Austin, Bartlett, TN (US);
Inventors:
John Rose, Collierville, TN (US);
James Rains, Cordova, TN (US);
William Patterson, Southaven, MS (US);
Mark Lewis, Memphis, TN (US);
Gene Austin, Bartlett, TN (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/82 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); A61L 27/58 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/82 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61L 27/58 (2013.01); A61L 2430/02 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2835 (2013.01);
Abstract
Orthopedic fracture repair implants, systems and methods are disclosed. Implants include one or more biocompatible sleeves and struts. The implants, systems and methods are applied to bone fractures, such as segmentation fractures.