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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. 30, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin Thomas Foley, Germantown, TN (US);
Maurice Mell Smith, Cordova, TN (US);
John B. Clayton, Germantown, TN (US);
Joseph Moctezuma, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
SDGI Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 ;
Abstract
A device for retracting tissue that includes a cannula and a retractor positionable in the working channel of the cannula. The retractor includes a working tip configured to atraumatically displace tissue as the retractor is manipulated through the tissue.
Published as:
ZA972394B; US5792044A; US5902231A; US5954635A; US6007487A; US6206822B1; US6425859B1; US6520907B1; US2003139648A1; US2007156020A1; ATE485008T1; DE69740029D1; ES2352726T3; US7993378B2;