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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:
Sep. 05, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allen L VanBeek, Edina, MN (US);
Alfred A Iversen, Wayzata, MN (US);
William J Eastman, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
PMT Corporation, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-8 ;
Abstract
A nerve expander used in plastic reconstruction surgery for lengthening damaged nerves which facilitates reattachment of damaged nerves to facilitate nerve operation and function after reconstruction. One or more saddles on an inflatable expansion member positionally accommodates a nerve in a saddle trough. The nerve expander with the saddle mounted nerve is subsequently inflated with saline solution injected into a self-sealing injection port causing the inflatable expansion member to expand and the nerve thereabout to be stretched and lengthened.