Patents Examined by Beverly Meindl
  • Skull clamp pin assembly
    Patent number: 5197965
    Abstract: A pin assembly for use in a skull clamp having a cylindrical non-metallic housing and a metallic rigid pin with a conical point fitted in the non-metallic housing. The non-metallic housing has fingers extending from a cavity in the surface of the housing and are positioned at an angle towards the pin end of the housing to hold the pin assembly in the skull clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Cherry, Victor B. Agbodoe, Raphael F. Meloul, Jose E. Lizardi