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Examiner: Priddy, Michael B.


Primary examiner statistics: 3 patents; average approval time: 3 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 443 patents; average approval time: 443 days

Patents as Primary Examiner

Patent No. Patent Title:
6793657 Spine fixing apparatus
6783534 Bone wax applicator

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7341558 Pericardial retractor
7335202 Implant having a shaft and a hold element connected therewith for...
7322935 Endoscopic retractor
7320687 Tendon stripper
7314487 Intervertebral spacer device having a wave washer force restoring...
7314486 Artificial intervertebral disc having a wave washer force restori...
7306611 Device for delivering a biomaterial
7288095 Bone plate with screw lock
7270682 Intervertebral implant
7063726 Plasticized bone grafts and methods of making and using same
7011659 Connector for attaching an alignment rod to a bone structure
6991656 Method and apparatus for performing a minimally invasive total hi...
6986772 Dynamic lordotic guard with movable extensions for creating an im...
6969349 Device to permit offpump beating heart coronary bypass surgery
6966928 Surgically implantable knee prosthesis having keels
6962607 Joint replacement prosthesis component with non linear insert
6923831 Surgically implantable knee prosthesis having attachment aperture...
6923811 Systems and methods for spinal fixation
6911044 Surgically implantable knee prosthesis having medially shifted ti...
6911048 Modular hip prosthesis
6908469 Compact maxillary distractor
6908465 Distal bone anchors for bone fixation with secondary compression
6902583 Tripartite attachment mechanism and method for a modular prosthes...
6902530 Vaginal speculum cover
6902578 Composite bone graft, method of making and using same
6902568 Vertebral endplate milling device
6896680 Arcuate dynamic lordotic guard with movable extensions for creati...
6893463 Surgically implantable knee prosthesis having two-piece keyed com...
6893444 Bone fracture fixation systems with both multidirectional and uni...
6890335 Bone fixation device
6890334 Bone fixation assembly
6890333 Method and apparatus for bone fixation with secondary compression
6887243 Method and apparatus for bone fixation with secondary compression
6887248 Bone blocks and methods for inserting bone blocks into interverte...
6884241 Spinal assembly plate
6875239 Modular prosthesis for replacing bone and method
6875234 Dual-radius glenoid prosthetic component for total shoulder arthr...
6872211 Hybrid stone retrieval device
6872209 Spinal implant connection assembly
6872210 Sternum fixation device
 
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