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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. 24, 1990
Filed:
May. 18, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ralph Ger, Lake Success, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128898 ; 606142 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an improved surgical instrument useful in indirect hernia for closing sacs having narrow neck openings. The instrument is formed of a tubular body and has manual drive extending therethrough to actuate a pair of jaws at an end of the tubular body between open and closed positions. The instrument is formed with a conduit and valve which provide suction at the remote end of the instrument in the immediate vicinity of the jaws.