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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. 11, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Wayne P. Young, Brewster, NY (US);
Keith Ratcliff, Newtown, CT (US);
George R. Trutza, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Inventors:
Wayne P. Young, Brewster, NY (US);
Keith Ratcliff, Newtown, CT (US);
George R. Trutza, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical ligation instrument and method for ligating a fluid carrying structure are provided. In one aspect, there is provided a surgical ligation instrument and method for deploying a spring clip over the fluid carrying structure without pre-clamping the fluid carrying structure.
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