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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:
Dec. 19, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
William D Richards, Medway, MA (US);
Assignee:
Ophthalmic Ventures Limited Partnership, Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606219 ; 411457 ; 411920 ;
Abstract
An adjustable surgical staple for use in joining together two pieces of human or animal tissue. The staple has a spine and two legs, with the spine being slotted along its length so as to divide the spine into two separate cross members. Bending the cross members towards or away from one another alters the distance between the leg portions of the staple, thereby allowing precise adjustment of the tension of the joinder between the tissues being joined.
Published as:
WO8904146A1; EP0341288A1; US4887601A; EP0341288A4; JPH02502075A; EP0341288B1; ATE133051T1; DE3854920D1; DE3854920T2;