Assembled bone implants
Granted 6 Aug 2002 · no office action yet
Current assignee: RTI Surgical, Inc. · originally REGENERATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Inventors: P. J. Gorham, Michael Esch, Harry Rambo, Kevin Ross +4 · Examiner: Antoine Duval Davis · AU 2913 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 shows an exploded, perspective view of…
FIG. 1 shows an exploded, perspective view of a first embodiment of the assembled bone implant showing our design. The design comprises first and second cylindrical ends. Between the first and second cylindrical ends are first and second cylindrical pins attaching the first and second cylindrical ends.
FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 as assembled.
FIG. 3 shows an exploded, perspective view of a second embodiment of assembled bone implant showing our design. The design comprises first and second cylindrical ends and a center cylindrical segment which are attached together by cylindrical pins to form an assembled dowel shaped bone implant. The center cylindrical segment is made of cancellous bone, and the cylindrical ends are made of cortical bone, or vice versa.
FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 as assembled.
FIG. 5 shows an end plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4. Section lines A—A and B—B are not claimed as part of the subject design.
FIG. 6 shows a cross-sectional view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 along section line A—A as shown in FIG. 5; and,
FIG. 7 shows a cross-sectional view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 along section line B—B as shown in FIG. 5.
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| Type | Document | Date |
|---|---|---|
| provisional | US 60/181622 00 | 10 Feb 2000 |
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8 members · 6 offices›IP5 & PCT — 4 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USthis patent | US-D461248-S | S1 | 6 Aug 2002 | 12 May 2000 | granted | Assembled bone implants |
| EP | EP-1257306-A1 | A1 | 20 Nov 2002 | 12 Feb 2001 | published | Implant constituefr |
| EP | EP-1257306-B1 | B1 | 15 Apr 2009 | 12 Feb 2001 | granted | Implant constituefr |
| JP | JP-2003530915-A | A | 21 Oct 2003 | 12 Feb 2001 | published | 組み立て型インプラントja |
›Other offices — 4 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT | AT-E428455-T1 | T1 | 15 May 2009 | 12 Feb 2001 | granted | Gebautes implantatde |
| AU | AU-2001243150-A1 | A1 | 30 Oct 2001 | 12 Feb 2001 | published | Assembled implant |
| CA | CA-2399762-A1 | A1 | 25 Oct 2001 | 12 Feb 2001 | published | Implant constituefr |
| CA | CA-2399762-C | C | 30 Apr 2013 | 12 Feb 2001 | granted | Assembled implant |
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