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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. 14, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory J Gerhard, Seattle, WA (US);
William M Graham, Burton, WA (US);
Assignee:
CooperVision, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128305 ; 128744 ; 33166 ; 30320 ;
Abstract
A surgical scalpel for use in ophthalmic and other forms of surgery having a blade that can be adjustably extended beyond a foot. The scalpel also includes an indicator for showing the length of the blade that is exposed beyond the foot. The indicator can be calibrated to compensate for variations in blade length and other manufacturing tolerances.