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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:
Jun. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenichi Kimura, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Shiga, Hidaka, JP;
Toshihiko Hashiguchi, Sagamihara, JP;
Eiji Murakami, Hachioji, JP;
Katsumi Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606205 ;
Abstract
A treating instrument for an operation includes an elastic ring for reducing a load on an operator's fingers which contact first and second rings of first and second handle elements. The elastic ring is provided on a section of at least one of the first and second rings which contacts the operator's fingers.