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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. 18, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
David J Sugarbaker, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604174 ; 606-1 ; 604104 ;
Abstract
A device for use during endoscopic surgery for temporarily maintaining an open passageway through a body wall into a body cavity having a main hollow tube, a pair of extendable flukes pivotably mounted on the tube, a second hollow tube for camming the flukes open and clamping means for engagement with the skin of a patient and a third hollow tube for compressing the flukes in order that the device may be inserted into and removed from the incision.