Open vessel sealing forceps
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Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 1, 2010
Date of Patent: Nov 13, 2012
Assignee: TYCO Healthcare Group LP (Mansfield, MA)
Inventors: Tony Moua (Broomfield, CO), Thomas Meiser (Lakewood, CO), Ryan C. Artale (Boulder, CO), Luke Waaler (Longmont, CO), Robert M. Sharp (Boulder, CO), Mark J. Huseman (Broomfield, CO), Jeffrey M. Roy (Boulder, CO), Roland Jeffrey Wyatt (Bozeman, MT), Dylan R. Kingsley (Broomfield, CO), Cynthia M. Perry (Golden, CO), Andrew P. Roussell (Broomfield, CO), Meghan Collins Long (Centennial, CO)
Primary Examiner: Wan Laymon
Application Number: 29/376,124