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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:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gus J Slotman, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600206 ; 600201 ; 600204 ; 600210 ; 600219 ; 606205 ;
Abstract
A tissue spreading surgical instrument having a handle assembly which includes a moveable handle assembly; an elongated shaft extending distally from said handle assembly which houses an actuating mechanism moveable in response to movement of the handle assembly and a tissue spreading assembly comprising a plurality of fingers operatively associated with the distal end of the shaft and deployable between a closed and open position wherein the fingers are spread in opposite direction by the actuation mechanism in response to movement of the handle assembly is provided.