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Implant prehension device

US6656190B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 13, 2001
Grant dateDec 2, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B17/8872
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A prehension device for grasping an implant, implanting the implant and manipulating the implant including prehension means intended to cooperate with receiving means, wherein the prehension means has a form shaped like an arc of a circle, the peripheral edges of which are provided with at least one peripheral chamfer. The invention also pertains to a surgical instrument equipped with a prehension device and to an implant equipped with a prehension device.

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