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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:
Dec. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nick Lakatos, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Harrith M Hasson, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606170 ; 606206 ;
Abstract
A surgical instrument having a body with a proximal end and a distal end, a working element, first structure for mounting the working element on the body for movement relative to the body between first and second positions, and second structure on the body for a) moving the working element selectively between the first and second position from a location remote from the working element and b) maintaining the working element in each of the first and second positions. The second structure includes an actuating element and third structure for mounting the actuating element on the body for movement relative to the body.