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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian Gordon Kingwell, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
Mitroflow International Inc., Richmond, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 11 ; 606151 ; 600 37 ; 2271781 ; 2271801 ;
Abstract
A surgical stapler sleeve comprises a sheet of host-compatible material, a first edge of the sheet being folded back adjacent to a second edge of the sheet to give the sheet a tubular conformation, the first and second edges being releasably fastened to one another.
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