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Implant retaining loop and guide wire extension

US9320557B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. · US

Inventors

Jeffrey Wyman · Naples, US
Dan Ellis · Boiceville, US
Graham Smith · Plaistow, US
Ettore Taverna · Ligornetto, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 21, 2011
Grant date	Apr 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 3, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/0496
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical assembly, the assembly including a first guidewire, a second guidewire, in which each of the first guidewire and the second guidewire are configured to be received by a bone block, a first suture loop, a second suture loop, a first locking component, and a second locking component, in which the first locking component is coupled to the first suture loop and the second locking component is coupled to the second suture loop.

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