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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:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2003
Applicants:
John Golden, Norton, MA (US);
Liem T. VU, Needham, MA (US);
Inventors:
John Golden, Norton, MA (US);
Liem T. Vu, Needham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical instrument has a tubular member having a distal end and a proximal end, a handle attached to the proximal end of the tubular member, a distal assembly including a pivot and an end effector assembly supported on the pivot. The end effector assembly has a pair of end effectors. The medical instrument also includes an elongate member corresponding to each of the pair of end effectors. Each elongate member extends through the tubular member and has a proximal end attached to the handle and a distal end attached to the end effector assembly.
Published as:
US2005043758A1; WO2005018462A1; EP1659952A1; JP2007502654A; WO2005018462A8; US7951165B2; JP4856542B2;