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Biopsy guide tube

Granted 11 Apr 2000 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Surgical Navigation Technologies · originally Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc.

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Inventors: Kevin T. Foley, Todd Pope, Richard D. Bucholz, Udo Wiedenmaier +1 · Examiner: Stella Reid · AU 294 · TC 2900

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filed 30 Apr 1997
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US D422706
granted 11 Apr 2000

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a left side elevational view…

FIG. 1 is a left side elevational view of a biopsy guide tube showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof.

The broken line showing of FIGS. 1-6 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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D24/140

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