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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:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2004
Menno Kalmann, Elspeet, NL;
Franciscus Laurens Moll, Bosch en Duin, NL;
Menno Kalmann, Elspeet, NL;
Franciscus Laurens Moll, Bosch en Duin, NL;
International and Surgical Innovations, LLC, Campbell Hall, NY (US);
Abstract
A surgical device () for grasping and severing body tissue comprises a housing () which defines a proximal end () and a distal end (), a user operating handle () at the proximal end (), and two blade elements () at the distal end (). The user operating handle () may be activated to pivot the blade elements () about two parallel grasping pivot axes to grasp a piece of body tissue which is located between the blade elements (). The user operating handle () may also be activated to pivot the blade elements () about a severing pivot axis to sever a piece of body tissue which is located between the blade elements ().
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