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End cap for a spinal implant

Granted 24 Sep 2002 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic · originally Gary K. Michelson

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Inventors: Gary K. Michelson · Examiner: Antoine Duval Davis · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/157,406
filed 18 Mar 2002
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US D463560
granted 24 Sep 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an interior end view of…

FIG. 1 is an interior end view of an end cap for a spinal implant showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of an alternative embodiment of an end cap of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an interior end view of an alternative embodiment of an end cap for a spinal implant;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the end cap of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an interior end view of an alternative embodiment of an end cap for a spinal implant;

FIG. 6 is a side elevational view of the end cap of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an interior end view of an alternative embodiment of an end cap for a spinal implant;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of the end cap of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an interior end view of an alternative embodiment of an end cap for a spinal implant;

FIG. 10 is a side elevational view of the end cap of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an interior end view of an alternative embodiment of an end cap for a spinal implant; and,

FIG. 12 is a side elevational view of the end cap of FIG. 11.

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D24/155

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