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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:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Tom Overes, Langendorf, CH;
Silas Zurschmiede, Zuchwil, CH;
Alfred Niederberger, Zuchwil, CH;
Johann Fierlbeck, Salzburg, AT;
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 17/0293 (2013.01); A61B 17/3439 (2013.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/57 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00261 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0225 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3443 (2013.01);
Abstract
Expandable dilators, dilation assemblies, and kits are disclosed, along with methods for using same.