Articulating blunt dissector/gastric band application device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7763039
APP PUB NO 20070288048A1
SERIAL NO

11449875

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A single handed articulating blunt dissector/gastric band application device includes a support shaft connecting a handle at a first end of the device to an articulating assembly at a second end of the device. The handle includes an actuation mechanism linked to the articulating assembly for controlling movement thereof. The second end includes a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end includes a blunt distal tip shaped and dimensioned for dissecting tissue without unduly causing trauma to the tissue. The second end also includes a suture grasping notch shaped and dimensioned for engaging and pulling a gastric band.

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  • ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ortiz, Mark S Milford, US 291 111598
Plescia, David N Cincinnati, US 65 10673

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