Surgical screw carrier and method compatible with sterilization

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8662299
APP PUB NO 20070095689A1
SERIAL NO

11407632

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A modular system facilitates packaging, marking, handling, sterilizing, tracking, tagging and storing small components such as surgical screws. A small, suitably cylindrical or similar cell receives a screw or other component and seats the component in a predetermined orientation. A complementary cap is adapted to engage the cell from above, closing the top and retaining the component in the cell. The cap is also adapted for use as a tool for handling the cell and the component contained therein. A coupling between the cell and the cap allows the cap to be snapped securely on the cell under manual pressure; the coupling is further adapted to release on application of sufficient bending moment across the co-axis of the cell and cap.

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KINAMED INC820 FLYNN ROAD CAMARILLO CA 93012

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bruce, Robert A Ventura, US 25 1999
Kendall, Richard L Oak View, US 19 417
Pratt, Clyde Ronald Somis, US 15 1432
Pratt, William Ralph Newbury Park, US 17 1494

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