Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,683,349 · App. 08/570,921
Laparoscopic dissection tension retractor device and method
Inventors:
Joshua Makower, Lois A. Fitton, Aaron Sodickson, William A. Gorman
Patented Case
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Granted: Nov 4, 1997
Filed: Dec 12, 1995
Inventors
Joshua Makower
Lois A. Fitton
Aaron Sodickson
William A. Gorman
Assignee (at issue)
Valleylab, Inc.
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