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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:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2002
Applicants:
Jeremy S. Melker, Gainesville, FL (US);
Richard J. Melker, Gainesville, FL (US);
Inventors:
Jeremy S. Melker, Gainesville, FL (US);
Richard J. Melker, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M016/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a novel surgical instrument, and method of using same, designed for performing tracheotomy. According to specific embodiments, the subject surgical instrument comprises a novel foot plate that is anatomically curved to follow the contours of the inner wall of the trachea.