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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:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles R Sherts, Southport, CT (US);
Richard Yagami, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606142 ; 606139 ; 606144 ; 606151 ;
Abstract
A clamp applicator is disclosed having a housing, a clamp support member extending distally from the housing, an actuator assembly and a locking device. The actuator assembly is movable with respect to the clamp support member into engagement with a clamp supported at the distal end of the clamp support member to bias the clamp to an open position. A locking device is provided to retain the actuator assembly in a position to maintain the clamp in the open position.
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