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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:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Shaw, Christchurch, NZ;
Assignee:
Ovation Medical Limited, , NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/728 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/728 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to surgical instrument jaw covers, and particularly hemostat shods. The jaw covers include a pair of spaced-apart shods interconnected by a bridging member, each shod having an opening to a bore adapted to accommodate a tip of a jaw of a surgical instrument, and the bridging member defining a separation distance between the openings.