Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,782,834 · App. 08/800,426
Surgical instrument
Inventors:
Paul V. Lucey, Paul Alexander Torrie, C. Vaughan Seifert, Graham Smith
Patented Case
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Granted: Jul 21, 1998
Filed: Feb 14, 1997
Inventors
Paul V. Lucey
Paul Alexander Torrie
C. Vaughan Seifert
Graham Smith
Assignee (at issue)
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
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