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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. 22, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark I Berns, Northbrook, IL (US);
Dennis Reisdorf, Racine, WI (US);
Richard A Booth, Jr, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
Cabot Technology Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606205 ; 606 51 ;
Abstract
A cartridge for use in a medical instrument having a body and a sheath extending from the body. The preferred medical device has a housing, opposed tissue manipulators, and a tissue transecting blade mounted for reciprocal movement with respect to the housing and manipulators. The housing is mountable within the instrument's sheath for reciprocal sliding with respect to the sheath.