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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Harold M Wotton, Iii, Woodstock, CT (US);
Inventor:
Harold M Wotton, III, Woodstock, CT (US);
Assignee:
Steris Instrument Management Services, INC., Mentor, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/864 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/861 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bone anchor for limiting the separation of two bones, for example in a canine knee, comprises a head having a socket for engaging a tool and a shaft extending from the head to a tip. The shaft comprises a threaded section, an intermediate section located between the head and the threaded section and an aperture extending through the intermediate section. The head has a larger diameter than the intermediate section. Also disclosed is a kit of parts comprising two bone anchors and a looped suture and a method for limiting the separation of two parts.