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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:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Richard P. Mansfield, Sterling, MA (US);
Michael J. Perriello, Hopedale, MA (US);
Andy K. Khin, Lowell, MA (US);
Assignee:
Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09125 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device that includes a body, a wire locking feature, and a channel. The body has an opening through which a wire is configured to extend. The channel is defined by an upper wire guiding portion and a lower wire guiding portion. The channel is configured to guide the wire between the opening and the wire locking feature. The upper wire guiding portion includes a protrusion. The wire is configured to slip past the protrusion during insertion of the wire into the channel.