Locking mechanism for medical devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5020933
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07401838

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Apparatus useful in surgery for holding retractors and other surgical instrumentation in a number of different positions required by a surgeon for the performance of a surgical procedure, including advanced sensing and regulation of retraction pressures and position; and incorporating a force amplification method to drive a locking mechanism in the supporting structure that utilizes a constrained, substantially incompressible, flexible solid material to yield a mechanism that is suitable for clinical use.

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ANDRONIC DEVICES LTD A CORPORATION OF CANADASUITE 140 13120 VANIER PLACE RICHMOND BRITISH COLUMBIA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bohl, Rainer M Vancouver, CA 4 597
Furse, Martin L Dallas, TX 4 466
Salvestro, Aldo T Vancouver, CA 1 123

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