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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:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Richard Dubrul, Redwood City, CA (US);
Richard E Fulton, Grand Junction, CO (US);
Assignee:
Artemis Medical, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61D 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61D 1/02 ;
Abstract
Medical devices that have a novel mechanical trap(s) on the distal end of a shaft that is used for the removal of material from the body. Further an expandable channel is included to entrap the material that aid with removal or obliteration of tissue or foreign bodies is disclosed.
Published as:
WO9939648A1; EP1054634A1; US6221006B1; JP2002502626A; US2003195537A1; US6695858B1; EP1054634A4; US7491210B2;