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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. 29, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2002
Applicants:
Guy Viart, Saint-Leger, FR;
Eric Leroy, Saint Nicolas les Arras, FR;
Jean-yves Leroy, Campagne les Hesdin, FR;
Arnaud Pommier, Raimbeaucourt, FR;
Inventors:
Guy Viart, Saint-Leger, FR;
Eric Leroy, Saint Nicolas les Arras, FR;
Jean-Yves Leroy, Campagne les Hesdin, FR;
Arnaud Pommier, Raimbeaucourt, FR;
Assignee:
Orthotec, LLC, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 17/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes: grip handles () which are articulated to each other around a fulcrum pin () so that the jaws can be moved from an open position to a closed position; and connecting elements () which can be used to: (i) lock the handles () in a determined, constant position when a first force is exerted on the handles; and (ii) unlock the handles () when a second force is exerted on same.
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