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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. 28, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mordechai Beyar, Caesarea, IL;
Amnon Foux, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Technion Research & Development Foundation, Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606139 ; 606232 ; 2271751 ;
Abstract
A stapler device includes a manually grippable handle containing a drive and a trigger to activate the drive mechanism, a barrel fixed to the handle, a guide for holding a staple to be ejected and formed to accommodate a suture thread fixed to the staple, and an ejector driven by the drive through the barrel for ejecting a staple out through the guide into a bone to enable the suture, so anchored to the bone, to be used for various medical operations.
Published as:
CA2102995A1; EP0599772A1; US5520700A; EP0599772B1; IL103737A; DE69308000D1; DE69308000T2; US5807403A; CA2102995C;