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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:
Jan. 08, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leslie A Sharpe, Edina, MN (US);
Francis C Peterson, Prescott, WI (US);
Assignee:
Sharpe Endosurgical Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606147 ; 606208 ;
Abstract
A surgical instrument having a surgeon operable control handle for grasping surgical needles or other objects. The instrument has a moveable jaw opposed to a fixed jaw. The control handle engages a clamping spring which closes the jaws and exerts a grasping force which is proportional to the size of the object located between the jaws.