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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:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terrence Buelna, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adam Gold, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Phillip Pesta, Saratoga, CA (US);
John Orlando, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Novare Surgical Systems, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/708 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/708 ;
Abstract
A replaceable pad or insert for attachment to the jaw of a jaw-type occlusion device. The insert includes a compliant cushion and a flexible non-compliant surface overlay secured to the cushion surface. The overlay can be metal or plastic and can further include notches along the overlay sides to increase flexibility of the overlay.