SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR MATERIAL REMOVAL - Patent 0556335

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EP 0 556 335 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	25.08.1993 Bulletin 1993/34

(21)	Application number: 92902009.0

(22)	Date of filing: 08.11.1991

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 17/ 56^{( . )}
A61B 17/ 28^{( . )}

A61B 17/ 32^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1991/008348

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1992/008416 (29.05.1992 Gazette 1992/12)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE FR GB IT LI SE

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Priority:

09.11.1990 US 19900611278

(71)	Applicant: BOWEN & CO., INC.
	Rockville, MD 20852 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HAMLIN, Arthur, H. Annapolis, MD 21403 (US) SNAPP, John, A. Kensington, MD 20895 (US)

(74)	Representative: Milhench, Howard Leslie, et al
	R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ London SW1H 0RJ (GB)

(54)	SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR MATERIAL REMOVAL