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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:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
May. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
John T Wright, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206 633 ;
Abstract
A suture holder comprising a prestressed spring secured to extend longitudinally in and laterally through a slot in a bracket in such a way that one side of the spring is available to receive sutures such that the resilient force of the spring retains the sutures in the spring against the bracket is disclosed.