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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:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
May. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Theodor Esser, Setauket, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606205 ;
Abstract
A medical instrument driving member and end effector connection of the type having on the distal end of the instrument drive wire a hemispherical or knob-like terminus (38) which is seated so as to rotate freely in the countersunk bore (22) of the end effector tang (20), considerably reducing operating friction and permitting smooth and reliable opening and closing of the instrument end effectors (18), and rendering the entire device of a simpler construction and reliable in operation, while concurrently making it considerably less expensive to produce.