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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:
Jul. 09, 1985
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert W Mericle, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128325 ; 128346 ;
Abstract
A sterile hemostatic clip made from polymeric materials having a pair of leg members connected by a resilient hinge. The distal ends of the leg members terminate in latch means. The outer surface of each leg member carries a suitable boss to allow the clip to be held and placed about a vessel to close the vessel utilizing a suitable instrument.