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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:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1996
Elliott H Sanders, Westminster, CA (US);
Carlos M Duran, Missoula, MT (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
In annuloplastic surgery, the holder which supports the annuloplasty ring during the suturing of the ring to a heart valve annulus is released from its handle, and reattached for subsequent removal, without rotary or axially compressive stress on the holder. This is accomplished by inserting laterally movable locking tabs from the handle into the holder. The locking tabs are the ends of a Y-shaped clip which translates the axial movement of a locking button on the handle into a transverse holder-engaging movement.
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