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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:
Oct. 19, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bernard E Mesa, Huntsville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Micro Engineering, Inc., Huntsville, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606167 ; 30151 ;
Abstract
A surgical knife having a body with a blade at one end is provided that has an attached, movable shield that can be moved between either one of two locked positions. The shield can be placed in one position in which it covers and protects the blade and in a second position where it forms a portion of the body for use of the knife.