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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:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles R Slater, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Matthew A Palmer, Miami, FL (US);
Jurgen Andrew Kortenbach, Miami Springs, FL (US);
Michael Sean McBrayer, Miami, FL (US);
Saul Gottlieb, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
Symbiosis Corporation, Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29557 ; 72324 ;
Abstract
A jaw assembly of an endoscopic biotome is formed by cutting a hemispherical end of a spring metal cylinder with electrical discharge or laser machining equipment to provide opposed jaw cups. Metal is cut from the middle portion of the cylinder to form two tapered arms which terminate at a cylindrical portion of the open end of the cylinder. At least one of the two tapered arms is bent away from the other to form the jaw assembly.