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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Damond C Holsinger, New Holland, PA (US);
Assignee:
Medical Innovations Corp., Draper, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606110 ; 606113 ; 600564 ; 600567 ;
Abstract
A surgical combination apparatus includes a first instrument (e.g., an injection needle), a second instrument (e.g., a snare) and a catheter for sheathing the first and second instruments. An actuator is included for extending the first instrument and the second instrument independent of each other. A biasing mechanism is also provided to bias the first instrument into a retracted position. A locking mechanism is also preferably provided to hold the first instrument in either the extended or retracted position.