Implantable tissue growth stimulator

- AMEI Technologies Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the implantable tissue growth stimulator showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof the left side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is an end view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is an opposite end view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D353889
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 17, 1993
Date of Patent: Dec 27, 1994
Assignee: AMEI Technologies Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Inventors: John H. Erickson (Plano, TX), John C. Tepper (Carrollton, TX), Glenn Jacobs (Flower Mound, TX)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: H. Baynham
Law Firm: Baker & Botts
Application Number: 0/4,975
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Prosthesis Or Implant (D24/155)