Patent · US Expired

Set of surgical instruments

US4535768A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 1982
Grant dateAug 20, 1985
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B17/1764
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A set of surgical instruments is provided, for threading a tow or skein of carbon fibres through a passage in bone. The set includes an elongated adaptor having a passage along its length for insertion into a passage in bone, a fish wire having a leading end provided with a hooked connector, and an extraction member with a hole therethrough the extraction member being insertable along the adaptor and through the hole in the extraction member in non-return fashion.

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