Granted Patent
Utility
US 4,645,499 · App. 06/779,541
Surgical sponge
Inventor:
Vytautas R. Rupinskas
Patented Case
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Granted: Feb 24, 1987
Filed: Sep 24, 1985
Inventor
Vytautas R. Rupinskas
Assignee (at issue)
The Kendall Company LP
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