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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:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark William Turner, Folkestone, GB;
Assignee:
Smiths Industries PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820714 ; 424 9461 ;
Abstract
A tracheal tube or other medico-surgical device has a surface coating containing lysozyme enzyme, which is effective to reduce the build-up of bacteria on the tube.