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US4607638:
Surgical staples
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Crainich, Lawrence; Stratford, CT
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| Assignee: |
Design Standards Corporation, Bridgeport, CT
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| Published / Filed: |
1986-08-26
/ 1984-04-20
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| Application Number: |
US1984000602406
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61B 17/064;
F16B 15/00;
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IPC-7:
A61B 17/04;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
606/219;
411/472;
411/499;
Original:
128/335;
411/472;
411/499;
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| Field of Search: |
128/334 R,335,339,337,336
411/457,472,471,494,499
604/239
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| Priority Number: |
| 1984-04-20 |
US1984000602406 |
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| Abstract: |
Surgical staples having improved configurations providing significant advantages such as parallel stacking, square bending, easier skin penetration due to sharp point, and others.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Bachman & LaPointe ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Shapiro, Paul E.;
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None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A surgical staple having a U-shaped configuration and a substantially round cross-section and an elongated base portion and two legs substantially perpendicular to said base portion connected thereto at one end by a transition portion and terminating at the other end in a sharpened portion, wherein at least a portion of said legs are bulged beyond the plane of said round cross-section.
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