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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. 21, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lehmann K Li, Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Li Medical Technologies, Inc., Shelton, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128898 ; 128778 ; 600 29 ; 600 37 ; 606139 ; 606148 ;
Abstract
A suspension clip assembly for suspending soft tissue from an appropriate bodily support structure, wherein the suspension clip assembly includes a suspension clip having a pointed structure for penetrating the soft tissue. The suspension clip assembly further includes a suspension strap mounted at a distal end thereof to the clip, the suspension strap being adapted so that a proximal end of the strap can be attached to the bodily support structure.