U.S. patent number D854,149 [Application Number D/606,853] was granted by the patent office on 2019-07-16 for end effector for open vessel sealer. This patent grant is currently assigned to COVIDIEN LP. The grantee listed for this patent is COVIDIEN LP. Invention is credited to Duane E. Kerr, Craig V. Krastins, Daniel W. Mercier, Grant T. Sims.
United States Patent | D854,149 |
Sims , et al. | July 16, 2019 |
Inventors: | Sims; Grant T. (Boulder, CO), Mercier; Daniel W. (Erie, CO), Krastins; Craig V. (Arvada, CO), Kerr; Duane E. (Loveland, CO) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | COVIDIEN LP (Mansfield,
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Appl. No.: | D/606,853 | ||||||||||
Filed: | June 8, 2017 |
Current U.S. Class: | D24/144 |
Current International Class: | 2402 |
Field of Search: | ;D24/127,133,143,144,145,146,147 ;606/1,40,41,45,51,139,144,167,174,213,219,221 ;227/19,175.1,175.2,176.1,180.1 |
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