Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,050,996 · App. 08/968,496
Bipolar electrosurgical instrument with replaceable electrodes
Inventors:
Dale Schmaltz, Robert Luzzi, David N. Heard, Steven Buysee, Kate Lawes, Daniel Lee Trimberger, II, Mathew Erle Mitchell, Jenifer Kennedy
Patented Case
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Granted: Apr 18, 2000
Filed: Nov 12, 1997
Inventors
Dale Schmaltz
Robert Luzzi
David N. Heard
Steven Buysee
Kate Lawes
Daniel Lee Trimberger, II
Mathew Erle Mitchell
Jenifer Kennedy
Assignee (at issue)
SHERWOOD SERVICES AG
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