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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:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Juergen A. Kortenbach, Miami Springs, FL (US);
Saul Gottlieb, Miramar, FL (US);
Kevin W. Smith, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Charles R. Slater, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Thomas O. Bales, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Assignee:
Syntheon, LLC, Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/000 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/000 ;
Abstract
An endoscopic or laparoscopic biopsy forceps instrument is provided which includes a flexible tubular member having proximal and distal ends, a biopsy jaw assembly at the distal end of the tubular member, an actuation assembly to operate the jaw assembly between open and closed positions, and a control assembly to deflect the biopsy jaw assembly relative to a lumen through which the instrument extends and to rotate the jaw assembly about the longitudinal axis of the instrument.
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