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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:
Nov. 29, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
H Jonathan Tovey, Milford, CT (US);
Robert W Churinetz, West Haven, CT (US);
Timothy M Lohnes, Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606-1 ; 606167 ; D241 / ; D10 / ;
Abstract
A surgical template for forming an incision of a predetermined size in tissue, includes a plate member and a plurality of slotted openings or recesses formed in a peripheral edge of the plate member. The slotted openings or recesses may be configured and adapted for reception of at least a portion of a cutting edge of an incising instrument and for guiding the instrument during incising of the tissue. The template may also be used to measure the size of an incision formed by the surgeon.