Yu Min Lin

US Patent:

60494603, Apr 11, 2000

Filed:

Jul 19, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/378136

Inventors:

Yu Min Lin - Milwaukee WI

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

H05K 720

US Classification:

361709

Abstract:

A heat sink is slideably attached to a housing of an electronic control, retained by complemental snap-in elements and has a projection extending through a wall of the housing into abutting thermal engagement with an internal heat sink which is in intimate contact with the electronics of the control.

US Patent:

59418842, Aug 24, 1999

Filed:

Oct 9, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/169030

Inventors:

Amy A. Corvelli - Montville NJ
Arthur S. Heissenbuttel - Glen Rock NJ
Yu Chang Lin - Plainsboro NJ
Bryan J. Smith - Summit NJ

Assignee:

Osteonics Corp. - Allendale NJ

International Classification:

A61B 1756

US Classification:

606 88

Abstract:

A patella clamp and method for use in resecting a patella for the reception of a patellar prosthesis holds the patella in a preparation position and provides the surgeon with a direct and interoperative accurate visual indication of the bone thickness of the patella prior to and subsequent to resection, as well as a direct and interoperative accurate visual indication of an interoperatively settable depth of resection, all without the necessity for introducing supplemental instruments or other apparatus during the resection procedure.