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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:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans-Jochen Hoepffner, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Jorn Lehe, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
Ethicon, GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/706 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/706 ;
Abstract
A surgical needle ( ) for implanting a tape ( ) has a needle tip ( ) at the distal end ( ) of the needle ( ) and a shaft ( ). An insertion wing ( ) with a distal ( ) and a proximal ( ) end extends from the shaft ( ). The insertion wing ( ) widens from its distal end ( ) in proximal direction and has in the area of its proximal end ( ) an attachment device ( ) for the tape ( ) to be implanted.