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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:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elisha A Tal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Hogendijk, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael J Orth, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey J Christian, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey E Holmes, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert D Berkowitz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Unisurge Holdings, Inc., Charleston, SC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606207 ; 606174 ; 606564 ;
Abstract
Hand-held surgical assembly for use in performing a laparoscopic medical procedure, comprising a housing. An actuator tube having a bore therein is slidably mounted in the housing. A handle operated mechanism is carried by the housing for causing reciprocatory movement of the actuator tube assembly within the housing.