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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
William Levin Newcomb, Newport News, VA (US);
David Lorin Newcomb, Morrisville, NC (US);
Stephen Duane Tester, Cary, NC (US);
Emily Joanne Newcomb, Morrisville, NC (US);
William Levin Newcomb, Newport News, VA (US);
David Lorin Newcomb, Morrisville, NC (US);
Stephen Duane Tester, Cary, NC (US);
Emily JoAnne Newcomb, Morrisville, NC (US);
Cecore LLC, Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes first and second members, with each member including a handle adjacent a first end of the member, a working portion having an inner surface and an outer surface and extending from a second, opposite end of the member, and a pivot portion located between the handle and the working portion. The first and second members are pivotally connected at the pivot portions about a pivot axis such that the handles are movable between an open position in which the handles are spaced apart and the working portions are adjacent one another and a closed position in which the handles have been brought together and the working portions are spaced apart.