Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,616,667 · App. 09/718,163
Surgical instrument for tensioning a cable-like tensioning element
Inventors:
Marco Steiger, Hermann Breimesser, Simon Casutt, Reto Braunschweiler
Patented Case
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Granted: Sep 9, 2003
Filed: Nov 21, 2000
Inventors
Marco Steiger
Hermann Breimesser
Simon Casutt
Reto Braunschweiler
Assignee (at issue)
Sulzer Orthopedics Ltd.
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