Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,535,935 · App. 08/456,498
Surgical stapler with mechanisms for reducing the firing force
Inventors:
Claude Vidal, John Minck, Jr.
Patented Case
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Granted: Jul 16, 1996
Filed: Jun 1, 1995
Inventors
Claude Vidal
John Minck, Jr.
Assignee (at issue)
United States Surgical Corporation
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