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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. 14, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J. Fogarty, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Thomas A. Howell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Willis, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Terrence Buelna, San Francisco, CA (US);
Todd Pelman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Novare Surgical Systems, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/728 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/728 ;
Abstract
A surgical clamp having an elongate cavity to receive a replaceable pad. The pad is formed with an attachment member engagable in the elongate cavity of the jaw. The pad can include a tab or draw cord to draw the pad into place on the jaw. The draw cord is preferably an extension of the attachment member.