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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:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Todd W. Sharratt, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Scientific, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 ;
Abstract
A fastening mechanism of the present invention includes a docking unit partially disposed within a housing, the fastening mechanism capable of securing a docking pin attached to a retractor. The fastening mechanism is attached to a positioning arm and is capable of engaging the docking pin regardless of the position of the positioning arm.