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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:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 02, 2007
Applicant:
Josef Heinen, Nettetal, DE;
Inventor:
Josef Heinen, Nettetal, DE;
Assignee:
Gimmi GmbH, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/3209 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3417 (2013.01); A61B 17/32093 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3454 (2013.01); A61B 2019/306 (2013.01);
Abstract
For producing a skin opening for minimally invasive surgery an instrument is employed, comprising a grip () and a puncture awl (). The puncture awl () is provided on the distal end of a grip (), which distal end forms a stop surface (), which limits the penetration depth of the puncture awl ().