Granted Patent
Utility
US 4,369,880 · App. 06/241,094
Pop-up armed suture
Inventors:
Robert Giggey, Bernard T. Serletic, Charles R. Ashley
Patented Case
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Granted: Jan 25, 1983
Filed: Mar 6, 1981
Inventors
Robert Giggey
Bernard T. Serletic
Charles R. Ashley
Assignee (at issue)
Howmedica Inc.
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