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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. 11, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jan S Porowski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Edward J Hampton, Murrysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606171 ; 606170 ; 606174 ; 606172 ;
Abstract
Surgical means for removing a portion of a body comprising means for applying a vacuum upon the portion of the body to be removed sufficient to move such portion away from the remainder of the body immediately adjacent to such portion and means for cutting such portion of the body that has been moved to sever it from the remainder of the body. The invention is also directed to a process for removing a portion of the body wherein a vacuum is applied to such portion and thereafter is severed from the remainder of the body.