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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5584425 | Lockout mechanism for surgical apparatus A self contained gas powered endoscopic surgical apparatus is provided for placing lateral lines of surgical fasteners into body tissue. The apparatus includes an anvil member and a surgical fastener cartridge member mounted to the distal end of an elonga... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5472132 | Lockout mechanism for surgical apparatus A self contained gas powered endoscopic surgical apparatus is provided for placing lateral lines of surgical fasteners into body tissue. The apparatus includes an anvil member and a surgical fastener cartridge member mounted to the distal end of an elonga... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5397046 | Lockout mechanism for surgical apparatus A self contained gas powered endoscopic surgical apparatus is provided for placing lateral lines of surgical fasteners into body tissue. The apparatus includes an anvil member and a surgical fastener cartridge member mounted to the distal end of an elonga... | 03/14/1995 |
| 4790120 | Method of and mailer for delivery of replacement units and return of replaced units A method and apparatus for the delivery of replacement units, particularly suited for the delivery of replacement electronic components such as Programmable Read-Only Memories (PROM's) mounted on printed circuit boards. The apparatus includes a box-like h... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4159748 | Weighing scale An improved weighing scale has spring hangers comprising flexure pivots. When the load to be weighed is applied to the coil spring of the scale, the spring tends to uncoil. The flexure pivot spring hangers allow the coil spring to unwind, thus providing t... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4121677 | Clamping device for a coil spring of a weighing scale A clamping or calibrator device for a coil spring of a weighing scale is described. The clamping device features a block and a pair of shims that sandwich a coil of the spring in a fixed location in the block. A first shim of the pair is contiguously disp... | 10/24/1978 |
