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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. 11, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Randall, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606147 ; 606210 ;
Abstract
A microsurgical needle holder, including first and second elongate members pivotally hinged at their proximal ends and an intermediate member attached to the first elongate member intermediate its ends, and between the first and second members, has a slide and lock actuator for moving the first and intermediate members between a first position wherein the distal ends are spaced apart and a second position wherein the distal ends are engaged, so that a needle can be securely held therebetween. The needle holder can be hand held and the actuator fingertip controlled.