Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,551,321 · App. 09/602,970
Flexible intramedullary nail
Inventors:
Brian D. Burkinshaw, Donald W. Dye, John Lawrence Walker, Steven Brown
Patented Case
View Patent ↗
Granted: Apr 22, 2003
Filed: Jun 23, 2000
Inventors
Brian D. Burkinshaw
Donald W. Dye
John Lawrence Walker
Steven Brown
Assignee (at issue)
Centerpulse Orthopedics Ltd.
This patent predates the USPTO's electronic file wrapper — prosecution documents from this era exist only in the Patent Office's paper records. A certified copy of the file history can be ordered from the USPTO's paper archives.