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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2015
Applicant:

Atricure, Inc., Mason, OH (US);

Inventors:

Keith Edward Martin, Dayton, OH (US);

Frank M. Fago, Mason, OH (US);

David Wilson, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 2017/0069 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00584 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2902 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2937 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2939 (2013.01);
Abstract

A medical instrument including a first joint including a first member and a second member, the first member configured to be repositionable with respect to the second member in a first degree of freedom, a second joint operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint including a third member and a fourth member, the third member configured to be repositionable with respect to the fourth member in a second degree of freedom, a pair of repositionable jaws operatively coupled to the first joint and the second joint, an open-ended occlusion clip detachably mounted to the pair of repositionable jaws, and a controller operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint, and the pair of repositionable jaws, the controller including a control with a line operatively coupled to the first and second jaws in at least a gun tackle pulley configuration.


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