Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,762,256 · App. 08/520,202
Surgical stapler
Inventors:
Dominick Mastri, Frank J. Viola, Thomas W. Alesi, Jr., Robert J. Geiste
Patented Case
View Patent ↗
Granted: Jun 9, 1998
Filed: Aug 28, 1995
Inventors
Dominick Mastri
Frank J. Viola
Thomas W. Alesi, Jr.
Robert J. Geiste
Assignee (at issue)
United States Surgical Corporation
This patent predates the USPTO's electronic file wrapper — prosecution documents from this era exist only in the Patent Office's paper records. A certified copy of the file history can be ordered from the USPTO's paper archives.