AU2002255454B2 - Improved electrosurgical instrument - Google Patents
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| US09/751,223 | 2000-12-29 | ||
| US09/751,223 US6533781B2 (en) | 1997-12-23 | 2000-12-29 | Electrosurgical instrument |
| PCT/US2001/049490 WO2002065890A2 (en) | 2000-12-29 | 2001-12-27 | Improved electrosurgical instrument |
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| AU2002255454A1 AU2002255454A1 (en) | 2003-02-27 |
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