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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:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kalford C. Fadem, Atlanta, GA (US);
Frederic C. Feiler, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Dexterity Surgical, Inc., Roswell, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 ;
Abstract
The present invention covers a surgical wound protector apparatus for the protective support of an incision and support of surgical apparatus utilized within the incision. The apparatus comprises a flexible resilient wound liner sleeve having an open upper end and an open lower end with a rigid annular ring arranged to securely receive the upper end of the resilient sleeve when the sleeve and the ring are applied to an incision of a patient.