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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. 08, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2002
Applicants:
Camran Nezhat, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Catherine Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Camran Nezhat, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Catherine Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aragon Surgical, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tissue perforation device and method. The device preferably includes a housing having a housing pass-through, a penetrator securely and sealably positioned so that the penetrator device passes through the housing pass-through, and a vacuum system comprising a vacuum source securely and sealably attached through the housing for advancing a patient's tissue onto the penetrator device.