Patents by Inventor Michel Charles Forster

Michel Charles Forster has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automatic surgical clip applier
    Patent number: 6599298
    Abstract: An automatic surgical clip applier includes a handle assembly having an actuating member for causing a first member to move sequentially in a distal direction and a proximal direction, and for causing a second member to move sequentially in a proximal direction and a distal direction; and a clip applier assembly adapted for releasably securing to the handle assembly and having a jaw closing member and a clip feeding member, the jaw closing member being engageable with the first member and the clip feeding member being engageable with the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Vitalitec International, S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Charles Forster, Jacques LeBozec