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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. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Applicants:
Steve Golden, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Liem Ho, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for removing surgical fasteners. The apparatus includes a mechanism for opening the fastener so that it may be removed from, for example, tissue, prostheses or graft material.