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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:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
David A Watson, Goleta, CA (US);
Michele R Jensen, Montecito, CA (US);
Dennis E Condon, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mentor Corporation, Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128897 ; 128344 ; 604 96 ; 623-8 ;
Abstract
A tissue expanding device includes a substantially non-extensible base and a top layer joined to the periphery of the base such that the base and the expansion layer are in contact with each other when the device is in a non-expanded state. In the non-expanded state, the device has a thickness substantially equal to the thickness of the combined thickness of the base and expansion layer.