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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:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerry Richard Griffiths, Pembroke, MA (US);
Assignee:
TNCO, Inc., Whitman, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606205 ; 128751 ; 606174 ;
Abstract
A rotatable linkage for use in handling small objects at a distance, for example, in endoscopic surgery, by converting the longitudinal motion of a drive member to the opening and closing of jaws at the distal end of the drive member wherein the drive member is enclosed in an elongated housing on which the jaws are mounted which may be rotated relative to the drive member on a bearing by rotation of the housing.