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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. 29, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kiyotaka Matsuno, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606159 ; 606171 ;
Abstract
In a valvulotome, when an operating wire is advanced or withdrawn, a pair of arms project from or sink into a sheath, and cutters at the tips or the arms open or close. When the arms are stowed in the sheath, forces causing the two cutters to join change directions sequentially with three pairs of bents of the arms as boundaries. Thus, the blades of the two cutters are stowed in the sheath reliably.