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Patent No. 5356330

Apparatus for Simulating a High Five

A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."

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Examiner: Ramana, Anuradha


Primary examiner statistics: 61 patents; average approval time: 61 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 169 patents; average approval time: 1012 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7458933 Method for knee-joint surgery
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7377921 Damping element and device for stabilization of adjacent vertebra...
7371238 Method and device for treating scoliosis
7371241 Multi-use surgical cement dispenser apparatus and kit for same
7361178 Cranial flap clamp and instrument for use therewith
7341594 Surgical instrument for moving vertebrae
7341591 Anterior buttress staple
7341592 Method and apparatus for graft fixation
7341601 Woven orthopedic implants
7338441 Superelastic/shape memory tissue stabilizers and surgical instrum...
7338442 Crank retractor handle
7338496 Method and apparatus for positioning an implant
7338528 Humeral stem with anatomical location of taper access for fixatio...
7335204 Osteosynthesis plate for the upper end of the arm bone
7335206 Adjustable resection guide
7329258 Damping element
7326253 Prosthetic cup assembly having increased assembly congruency
7326212 Bone plates with reference marks
7322982 Position-adjustment device with applicability for surgical instru...
7323011 Cortical and cancellous allograft cervical fusion block
7323012 Ankle implant
7320666 Fulcrum wedge clamp
7320686 Device for distracting vertebrae and delivering a flowable materi...
7320689 Multi-part cervical endoprosthesis with insertion instrument
7318841 Synthesis of calcium phosphates by mechano-chemical process
7318827 Osteotomy procedure
7311732 System of intervertebral prostheses
7309340 Method and apparatus for bone plating
7309361 Biologic modular tibial and femoral component augments for use wi...
7306607 Method and apparatus for minimally invasive distal femoral resect...
7306603 Device and method for percutaneous placement of lumbar pedicle sc...
7306559 Illuminated surgical retractor
7303564 Spinal plate extender system and method
7303562 Pedicle screws with inclined channels to hold support rods
7300441 Technique and instrumentation for preparation of vertebral member...
7300399 Surgical device for retracting and/or sealing an incision
7297107 Fulcrum wedge clamp
7294132 Radially ported needle for delivering bone graft material and met...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7291150 Intervertebral stabilising device
7282053 Method of using fracture fixation plate for performing osteotomy
7278996 Orthopaedic reamer assembly
7175630 Bone cutting template and method of use
7175626 Dynamic compression device and driving tool
7172600 Locking mechanism for a bone screw
7172598 Force specific impacting device
7169139 Reinforced retention structures
7166130 Artificial disc replacements with deployable fixation components
7166109 Bone fixation device and screw therefor
7160303 Medical implant with a secured bone screw
7160330 Emulating natural knee kinematics in a knee prosthesis
7160302 Intramedullary interlocking fixation device for the distal radius
7153309 Guide system for bone-repair devices
7153306 Systems and methods for reducing fractured bone using a fracture ...
7144396 Apparatus for connecting a longitudinal member to a bone portion
7141068 Spinal spacer assembly
7141054 Method and apparatus for intramedullary delivery of a material
7122036 Connector for an osteosynthesis system intended to provide a conn...
7122056 Self-locking modular prosthesis
7097616 Surgical clamp
7094236 Hybrid interlocking proximal femoral fracture fixation
7090680 Method for removing orthopaedic hardware
7090679 Spinal osteosynthesis assembly comprising the head of an anchorin...
7090676 Adjustable bone plates
7083597 Pivoting joint infusion system with seal
7081089 Surgical device for retracting and/or sealing an incision
7081119 Drill guide assembly for a bone fixation device
7077864 Vertebral interbody cage with translatable locking screw
7070561 Adjustable weighted vaginal speculum
7066957 Device and assembly for intervertebral stabilization
7066937 Apparatus for connecting a longitudinal member to a bone portion
7066942 Bendable needle for delivering bone graft material and method of ...
7060066 Spinal fixation support device and methods of using
7062312 Combination and method including a visual marker for determining ...
7060069 Anterior lumbar plate and method
7056322 Bone fastener targeting and compression/distraction device for an...
7048735 External fixation system
7037305 Heart presentation device and method
7037339 Modular spinal fusion device
 
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