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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. 08, 1983
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert V Giersch, Raleigh, NC (US);
Douglas K Hoeppner, Apex, NC (US);
William D Webb, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Edward Weck & Company, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; B25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
227 19 ; 72410 ; 128337 ; 227 85 ; 227144 ; 227D / ;
Abstract
A skin clip applier for placing skin clips to close a wound comprises a handle assembly including an actuating element and a cartridge assembly adapted to be affixed to said handle assembly and including skin clip-deforming jaw elements which are actuated by operation of the handle assembly to place and deform preformed skin clips, delivered individually to said deforming jaws, to close a wound.