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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:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Turi Josefsen, Westport, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 20 ; 606198 ;
Abstract
A surgical retractor is provided having an elongated tubular structure with a proximal and distal end. A plurality of interleaved retractor blades are pivotally mounted in a distal end of the tubular housing and are movable between a closed position wherein the blades are in stacked relation and an open position wherein the blades are deployed in an interleaved fan configuration. Various structure is provided on the tubular housing to move the blades between an open and closed position.
Published as:
Josefsen, Turi. (1993). Surgical retractor (U.S. Patent No. 5195505). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5195505
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