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Title: |
US4506404:
Disposable sponge
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US United States of America
A PATENT [FROM BEGIN UNTIL END 2000] or PATENT ISSUED AFTER 1ST PUB. WITHIN THE TVPP i

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Inventor: |
CLAY AMBROSE W J; United States of America

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Assignee: |
CLAY AMBROSE W J
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Published / Filed: |
1985-03-26
/ 1983-05-11

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Application Number: |
US1983000463039

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IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47L 13/16;
A61B 19/00;

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ECLA Code: |
A61B19/34; A47L13/16;

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U.S. Class: |
152/44C;
015/218.1;

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Priority Number: |
| 1983-05-11 |
US1983000463039 |

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Abstract: |
A disposable sponge device used principally for cleaning surgical instruments and including a flexible base sponge member having opposed side and end edges and a pair of upright flexible sponge members attached to and projecting from the back surface of the base sponge member, substantially parallel to each other, and extending end-to-end of the base sponge member to function as a handle for the sponge device. The sponge device is further characterized by including, along at least one edge portion, an elongated slit opening through the edge portion for receiving the blade of a surgical instrument for cleaning.

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Maintenance Status: |
E3 Expired Check current status

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INPADOC Legal Status: |
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Code |
Description (remarks) List all possible codes for US |
| 1997-06-03 |
FP - |
Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
( 1997-03-26 )
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| 1997-03-23 |
LAPS - |
Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
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| 1996-10-29 |
REMI |
Maintenance fee reminder mailed
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| 1992-10-28 |
REMI |
Maintenance fee reminder mailed
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| 1988-08-26 |
FPAY + |
Fee payment
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