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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:
Jan. 28, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Amado Ruiz-Razura, Houston, TX (US);
Benjamin E Cohen, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Inamed Development Company, Carpinteria, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128898 ; 604 96 ; 623-8 ;
Abstract
An inflatable envelope and a procedure for using it for the purpose of elongating tubular or linear tissue during the acute phase of a surgical procedure. The envelope has a path upon which the tissue is aligned, whose path length increases with inflation of the envelope. Successive inflations and deflations result in elongation of the tissue enabling re-connection of ends of the tissue which before were significantly spaced apart.