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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. 16, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald V Porter, Meredith, NH (US);
Assignee:
Portlyn Corporation, Moultonboro, NH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606170 ; 128749 ; 606205 ;
Abstract
A surgical cutting instrument comprising an elongated flexible hollow-body tube having a lumen extending therethrough, and having a proximal end and distal end, together with an outer jacket, a forceps cutter for cutting coupled to the distal end of said body portion. A control wire having proximal and distal ends extends through the lumen in the body portion and is coupled at the distal end to the forceps cutter. A portion of the outer jacked comprises a right-hand wrap, while another portion comprises a left-hand wrap whereby to reduce torque displacement at the distal end upon cutting.