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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:
May. 09, 1995
Filed:
May. 04, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Udo Wohlers, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606206 ; 606148 ;
Abstract
A needle holder for endoscopic surgery consists of a front forceps with clamping jaws, an instrument tube in which a longitudinally displaceable pull rod is guided, and a rearward grip arrangement which drives an adjustment element connected to the pull rod, and a spring element for the reduction of force from the grip arrangement. A force-limiting coupling is formed according to the invention within the adjustment element.