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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2008
Jeffrey Grayzel, Morristown, NJ (US);
Joseph Grayzel, Englewood, NJ (US);
William Allen, Houston, TX (US);
Fred Karl, Westlinn, OR (US);
Alan Bachman, Milford, CT (US);
Ray Adams, Ansonia, CT (US);
Jeffrey Grayzel, Morristown, NJ (US);
Joseph Grayzel, Englewood, NJ (US);
William Allen, Houston, TX (US);
Fred Karl, Westlinn, OR (US);
Alan Bachman, Milford, CT (US);
Ray Adams, Ansonia, CT (US);
Other;
Abstract
An instrument for engaging an underlying blood vessel or body structure. The instrument comprises a pair of instrument arms, and an instrument finger extends at an angle from each arm. The distal end of each instrument finger comprises a bottom surface at an angle to the axis of the instrument finger such that it is adapted to rest upon the underlying blood vessel or body structure. In certain embodiments the bottom surfaces are in a plane that is substantially parallel to the plane of the instrument arms.