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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:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger J Trudell, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert E Prouty, Aurora, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604264 ; 604294 ;
Abstract
A lacrimal cannula for insertion, dilation, probing, and irrigation of the lacrimal drainage system, starting with a small diameter distal end to facilitate entry into the lacrimal puncta, tapering in size to a larger diameter serving to seal the puncta as fluid is forced through the device.