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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:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
May. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward J. Kaplan, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Diego Y. Fontayne, Montebello, NY (US);
Robert A. Joachim, Glen Rock, NJ (US);
Steven Bellofatto, Closter, NJ (US);
Troy H. Phipps, New York, NY (US);
Ernest A. Elgin, III, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Integrated Implant Systems, L.L.C., Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/600 ; A61B 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/600 ; A61B 8/00 ;
Abstract
A medical instrument provides for precise indexing in order to implant seeds into seed implant locations within a patient. The medical instrument is affixed to a targeting fixture, and upon operator actuation of a trigger, is automatically indexed from one seed implant location to a next seed implant location.