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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter Dobrovolny, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Scientific, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 ;
Abstract
A positioning device allowing rotatable travel in one direction only when an inclined member engages a cammed member. The positioning device includes a rotatable cammed member having a surface defined by a decreasing radius, an inclined member movable between a first position and a second position, and a spring for urging the inclined member into engagement with the cammed member.