Medical device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8915920
APP PUB NO 20080287952A1
SERIAL NO

11816777

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An attachment for a surgical instrument including a drive input hub for connection to a power source; a drive output hub for connection to a surgical instrument; and a body connecting the drive input hub to the drive output hub, the body including a mechanism for transferring drive from the input hub to the output hub, and wherein the body, the drive input hub and the drive output hub are at least in part not coaxial. A method for surgically preparing a bone using the attachment is also provided.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • SMITH & NEPHEW PLC;DESOUTTER MEDICAL LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Desoutter, Charles Hertfordshire, GB 2 61
Gooch, Matthew Hertfordshire, GB 6 102
McMinn, Derek Birmingham, GB 2 32

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