Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,586,711 · App. 08/457,877
Surgical stapler with mechanisms for reducing the firing force
Inventors:
Alan K. Plyley, Claude Vidal, John Minck, Jr., Alan J. Solyntjes
Patented Case
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Granted: Dec 24, 1996
Filed: Jun 1, 1995
Inventors
Alan K. Plyley
Claude Vidal
John Minck, Jr.
Alan J. Solyntjes
Assignee (at issue)
United States Surgical Corporation
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