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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:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter T. O'Heeron, Houston, TX (US);
Lawrence W. Moser, Webster, TX (US);
Richard C. Fortier, Concord, MA (US);
Terry L. Bohannon, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
NeoSurg Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/734 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/734 ;
Abstract
An obturator assembly having a removable obturator tip, a first engagement device, an obturator shaft, a second engagement device, and a biased flexible member, whereby the obturator tip may be removed by flexing the flexible member against its bias, and a plurality of different obturator tips may be attached to the obturator shaft.