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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:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Nick Harris, Leeds, GB;
Paul James Kistle, Wroughton, GB;
Paul Smirthwaite, Bath, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Biomet UK Healthcare Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61F 2/42 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/15 (2013.01); A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1775 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1782 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A guiding tool () is disclosed comprising a tool body () that defines a reference plane of the tool (); an alignment member () that carries a guide surface (); and an adjustment means acting between the tool body () and the alignment member () to direct rotational adjustment of the alignment member () with respect to the tool body ().