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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
May. 13, 2004
Michael K. Banbury, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Jillian E. Banbury, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Craig B. Berky, Milford, OH (US);
Warren P. Williamson, Iv, Loveland, OH (US);
Michael K. Banbury, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Jillian E. Banbury, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Craig B. Berky, Milford, OH (US);
Warren P. Williamson, IV, Loveland, OH (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A device for excising tissue and closing a wound that results from excision of the tissue includes structure defining an aperture into which tissue to be excised is exposed. The device also includes a cutting member for excising the tissue, a closure member for closing the wound, and an actuatable drive member associated with the structure. The drive member is actuatable to move the cutting member relative to the aperture for excising the tissue that is exposed in the aperture and for closing the wound with the closure member.