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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:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robin Bek, Campbell, CA (US);
Jay Qin, Fremont, CA (US);
John Gaiser, Mountain View, CA (US);
David S. Utley, Redwood City, CA (US);
James J. Bernitt, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Assignee:
Curon Medical, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
Abstract
A device ( ) carries a use monitoring element ( ) that possesses a state or condition that changes in response to use of the device and that is sensed when the device is presented for use. Reuse of the device is not permitted if the use monitoring element ( ) indicates a prior use.