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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Rafal Z. Jezierski, Middleton, MA (US);
Brian Joseph Loreth, Braintree, MA (US);
Camal Shener-irmakoglu, Woburn, MA (US);
Inventors:
Rafal Z. Jezierski, Middleton, MA (US);
Brian Joseph Loreth, Braintree, MA (US);
Camal Shener-Irmakoglu, Woburn, MA (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0023 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical instrument including a reusable and sterilizable hub assembly and a releasably connectable disposable blade assembly allows multiple reuse of the hub assembly in conjunction with single use disposable blade assemblies.