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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. 07, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas D Guy, Fairfield, CT (US);
Richard N Granger, Huntington, CT (US);
Robert H Brady, Brookfield, CT (US);
John Webster, Cromwell, CT (US);
James R Pratt, Wolcott, CT (US);
Corbett W Stone, Newtown, CT (US);
Thomas W Alesi, Jr, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
227176 ; 227 19 ; 1281041 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and system are disclosed for indicating relative positions of elements in a surgical apparatus. The indicating elements can include electrical circuitry for activating visual, audible or tactile indicators, thereby alerting the user that an event has occurred with respect to the instrument.
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