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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Applicants:
John Duc Nguyen, San Ramon, CA (US);
Carine Hoarau, Lafayette, CA (US);
Steven H. Reichenbach, Pleasanton, CA (US);
James Badia, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ruth Eleanor Costa, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Duc Nguyen, San Ramon, CA (US);
Carine Hoarau, Lafayette, CA (US);
Steven H. Reichenbach, Pleasanton, CA (US);
James Badia, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ruth Eleanor Costa, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
TC1 LLC, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61M 1/10 (2006.01); A61M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/10 (2013.01); A61M 1/101 (2013.01); A61M 1/1008 (2014.02); A61M 1/1098 (2014.02); A61M 1/122 (2014.02);
Abstract
A coring knife can be used to make a circular incision. The coring knife can include an abutment that can be inserted into heart tissue. The circular incision is made by pressing the circular cutting edge of the coring knife against the abutment.