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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:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
George D. Hermann, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Jose de la Pena, Lomas Virreyes, MX;
Roger de la Torre, Wentzville, MO (US);
Thomas Howell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Roger Khouri, Key Biscayne, FL (US);
David Willis, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Drews, Sacramento, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/710 ;
Abstract
Tissue approximation devices for the minimally invasive approximation of muscle or fascia, such as approximation of the rectus muscles in the abdomen (abdominoplasty), or hernia repair and other such applications using minimally invasive methods to access and perform the procedures thereby reducing or eliminating visible scars.