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Trocar

Granted 21 Nov 2000 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Karl Storz Gmbh & Co. Kg · originally Karl Storz

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Inventors: Horst Dittrich, Michael Sauer · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 294 · TC 2900

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filed 28 Jan 1999
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US D434148
granted 21 Nov 2000

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a left side perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a left side perspective view of a trocar, having a shaft, and a valve housing closed via a detachable cap member;

FIG. 2 is a perspective left side exploded view of said trocar with the cap member detached from the trocar valve housing;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the trocar without the cap member and turned 90° clockwise in view of the left side view shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a rear view with cap member detached; and,

FIG. 5 is a rear view with cap member mounted.

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D24/146D24/140

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