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US 5,573,517 · App. 08/254,368

Expandable cannulas

Inventors: Peter M. Bonutti, James S. Hawkins
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Granted: Nov 12, 1996 Filed: Jun 6, 1994
Inventors
Peter M. Bonutti
James S. Hawkins
Assignee (at issue)
Peter M. Bonutti

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Patent No.
US 5,573,517
App. No.
08/254,368
Filed
1994-06-06
Granted
1996-11-12
Kind
A