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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:
Feb. 21, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leslie A Sharpe, Edina, MN (US);
Francis C Peterson, Prescott, WI (US);
Assignee:
Sharpe Endosurgical Corporation, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606148 ; 606139 ;
Abstract
A surgical instrument for positioning and tying knots during endoscopic surgery is provided with an elongate shaft having a ligature restraining aperture for accepting a strand of the ligature.