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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Philip J. Simpson, Escondido, CA (US);
David G. Matsuura, Encinitas, CA (US);
Walter Dean Gillespie, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Philip J. Simpson, Escondido, CA (US);
David G. Matsuura, Encinitas, CA (US);
Walter Dean Gillespie, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Flex Partners, Inc., Encinitas, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for rapid manipulation and cutting that includes a housing, a first cutting element, and a drive mechanism adapted to be mounted at least partly within the housing and connected to the first cutting element for imparting relative motion to the first cutting element as a combination of slicing and downward forces at the portion of the first cutting element which is adapted to contact the tissue.