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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:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2001
Applicants:
Jose Garcia Arumi, Barcelona, ES;
Werner Maag, Glarus, CH;
Oliver Jud, Löhningen, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcon Grieshaber AG, Schaffhausen, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B017/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microsurgical instrument is described for ophthalmologic microsurgery in the eye which comprises a housing configured as a handle with a functional unit supporting a probe and a rod co-axially supported in the probe having a head piece configured as a grasping element with two arms that can be brought into a spread apart first position and a second closed position, wherein each arm has a recess which upon closing are flush pressed together thereby forming a larger recess for unobstructed grasping, retaining and holding microstructures such as blood vessels without squeezing or pinching the microstructures.