IP Library Granted Patent US 5,474,539
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US 5,474,539 · App. 08/015,349

Trocar with retracting tip

Inventors: Peter Costa, William A. Holmes, Frederic H. Moll
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Granted: Dec 12, 1995 Filed: Feb 8, 1993
Inventors
Peter Costa
William A. Holmes
Frederic H. Moll
Assignee (at issue)
Origin Medsystems, Inc.

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Patent No.
US 5,474,539
App. No.
08/015,349
Filed
1993-02-08
Granted
1995-12-12
Kind
A