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Forceps for pushing apart vertebrae

US4898161A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 1987
Grant dateFeb 6, 1990
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2017/0256
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Forceps for pushing apart adjacent vertebrae that has two parallel pins connected or connectible to a pair of jaws, one pin being displaceable towards and away from the other pin by the moving of a guide when the jaws are being spread apart, the guide ensuring that the pins remain parallel to one another during such movement.

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