Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,810,850 · App. 08/935,848
Apparatus and method for positive closure of an internal tissue membrane opening
Inventors:
David Hathaway, Brian Patton, Keith L. March
Patented Case
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Granted: Sep 22, 1998
Filed: Sep 23, 1997
Inventors
David Hathaway
Brian Patton
Keith L. March
Assignee (at issue)
THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
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