Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,019,771 · App. 08/759,102
Devices and methods for minimally invasive harvesting of a vessel especially the saphenous vein for coronary bypass grafting
Inventors:
Brian J. Bennett, Dwight P. Morejohn, Ivan Sepetka
Patented Case
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Granted: Feb 1, 2000
Filed: Dec 2, 1996
Inventors
Brian J. Bennett
Dwight P. Morejohn
Ivan Sepetka
Assignee (at issue)
Cardiothoracic Systems, Inc.
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