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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. 03, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Applicants:
Jean-martin Baillargeon, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael A. Stoy, Bothell, WA (US);
Lawrence Laks, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jean-Martin Baillargeon, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael A. Stoy, Bothell, WA (US);
Lawrence Laks, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
MicroSurgical Technology, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M005/00 ; A61M031/00 ; A61B017/20 ; A61B017/22 ; A61F009/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical instrument includes a handpiece having irrigation and aspiration channels, a connector coupled to the handpiece by a sliding friction fit and having channels forming continuations of the irrigation and aspiration channels, and a removable tip threadedly coupled to the connector.