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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:
May. 01, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
John R Crew, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 20 ; 1283 / ;
Abstract
An internal mammary artery sternal retractor suitable for use in human surgery is provided with a handle, an intermediate member which extends upwardly from the handle, a rake which extends perpendicular from the intermediate member and terminates in at least one curved tine, and a heel on the intermediate member which is positioned perpendicular to the intermediate member.