Invention Grant
- Patent Title: External fixation system with radio frequency shielding
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Application No.: US14775893Application Date: 2014-03-12
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Publication No.: US10194945B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: John Disegi , Thomas Joseph Maughan
- Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2014/024085 WO 20140312
- International Announcement: WO2014/150729 WO 20140925
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00 ; A61B17/64 ; A61B17/60 ; G01R33/28 ; A61B5/055
Abstract:
An electrical insulator is applied to a bone anchor, for instance of a bone implant, such as an external fixation frame, so as to prevent undesirable temperature increases in the bone anchor and surrounding anatomical tissue when subjected magnetic resonance imaging.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160038185A1 EXTERNAL FIXATION SYSTEM WITH RADIO FREQUENCY SHIELDING Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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