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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. 05, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
William E Potts, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Assignee:
Little Rapids Corporation, Green Bay, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128846 ; 128849 ;
Abstract
A surgical isolation apparatus suitable for use in a variety of surgical procedures completely isolates operating personnel from the patent's blood, body fluids and contaminated irrigation fluids, while providing manual access to the operating area and permitting use of optical instruments such as endoscopes. The preferred embodiment of the invention is especially designed for transurethral prostatectomies, and can be fabricated simply and inexpensively from two sheets of transparent plastic.