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Timestamp: 2017-09-20 05:59:35
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 06253226', 'Application No. 06253224', 'Application No. 06251960', 'Application No. 06254005', 'Application No. 06250869', 'Application No. 06250869', 'Application No. 06254005', 'Application No. 06253224']

Patent US7559452 - Surgical instrument having fluid actuated opposing jaws - Google Patents
A surgical stapling and severing instrument enables minimally invasive surgical procedures by having upper and lower jaws (i.e., anvil and staple channel) that are positioned with an elongate shaft and handle through surgical openings, and in particular through a cannula of a trocar. A pair of fluid...http://www.google.com/patents/US7559452?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7559452 - Surgical instrument having fluid actuated opposing jaws
Publication number US7559452 B2
Application number US 11/165,094
Also published as CA2550713A1, CA2550713C, CN1883406A, CN1883406B, DE602006005550D1, EP1736104A1, EP1736104B1, US20060289600
Publication number 11165094, 165094, US 7559452 B2, US 7559452B2, US-B2-7559452, US7559452 B2, US7559452B2
Patent Citations (121), Non-Patent Citations (36), Referenced by (436), Classifications (26), Legal Events (3)
US 7559452 B2
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U.S. Classification 227/176.1, 227/180.1, 227/19, 227/175.1
Cooperative Classification A61B2017/00544, A61B17/29, A61B17/115, A61B17/07207, A61B2017/2932, A61B17/00491, A61B2017/07214, A61B2017/00539, A61B17/068, A61B2017/07285, A61B2017/00893, A61B17/3201, A61B17/320016, A61B2017/2912
European Classification A61B17/29, A61B17/32E, A61B17/3201, A61B17/068, A61B17/115, A61B17/072B
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