Surgical staples
US4607638A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 1984 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16B15/0015
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Surgical staples having improved configurations providing significant advantages such as parallel stacking, square bending, easier skin penetration due to sharp point, and others.
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