IP Library Granted Patent US 5,330,487
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US 5,330,487 · App. 07/991,891

Drive mechanism for surgical instruments

Inventors: Curtis W. Thornton, Thomas W. Ruckdeschel
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Granted: Jul 19, 1994 Filed: Dec 17, 1992
Inventors
Curtis W. Thornton
Thomas W. Ruckdeschel
Assignee (at issue)
TFI Acquistion Corp.

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Patent No.
US 5,330,487
App. No.
07/991,891
Filed
1992-12-17
Granted
1994-07-19
Kind
A