Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,782,396 · App. 08/546,253
Surgical stapler
Inventors:
Dominick Mastri, Frank J. Viola, Thomas W. Alesi, Jr., Robert J. Geiste, Jon Wilson
Patented Case
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Granted: Jul 21, 1998
Filed: Oct 20, 1995
Inventors
Dominick Mastri
Frank J. Viola
Thomas W. Alesi, Jr.
Robert J. Geiste
Jon Wilson
Assignee (at issue)
United States Surgical Corporation
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