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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:
Mar. 02, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Cerwin, Pittstown, NJ (US);
William P McVay, Somerville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ; F16B / ; B31B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128325 ; 128335 ; 128337 ; 227 19 ; 227D / ; 411457 ;
Abstract
A one-piece, self-locking, molded plastic staple useful as a tissue fixation device in surgical procedures. The staple has opposed, pointed, L-shaped legs secured to a horizontal bridging member. Each leg has an extension which is engaged by a locking bar extending between the extensions when the staple is closed by forcing the legs through a 90.degree. arc. The staples may be extruded or molded of absorbable or nonabsorbable polymeric materials.
Published as:
FR2475886A1; GB2069650A; JPS56151033A; DE3105957A1; US4317451A; CA1144445A; GB2069650B; FR2475886B1;