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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:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Spinelogik, Inc., Eugene, OR (US);
Inventors:
Glenn Keiper, Eugene, OR (US);
Jeffrey Paris Wensel, Eugene, OR (US);
Assignee:
SPINELOGIK, INC., Eugene, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7083 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus that secures, at a particular location in a bone, a guidance needle for guiding a cannulated device into the bone at the particular location. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a tap for advancing the guidance needle into the bone. The guidance needle is used to guide the cannulated device to the particular location in the bone. In some embodiments, the tap is threaded and used to create a threaded guide path to further direct the placement of the cannulated device within the bone.