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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. 06, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
James J Bedi, Stockton, NJ (US);
Donald M Golden, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
James A Transue, Somerville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1283 / ;
Abstract
A hand-operated surgical instrument for implanting a fastener in tissue to close a movable operating member remote from or extending from a movable handle for actuating the operating member. A hydraulic actuating means comprising first and second connected chambers oriented at angles relative to one another effect the movement of the operating member when the handle is moved relative to the instruments.
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