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Implantable medical device

Granted 13 Jun 2006 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Medtronic · originally Medtronic, Inc.

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Inventors: Jeffrey A. Swanson, William K. Wenger, William L. Johnson · Examiner: Charles A. Rademaker · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/217,589
filed 19 Nov 2004
Publication
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US D523144
granted 13 Jun 2006

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top and front perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top and front perspective view of an implantable medical device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is another top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an end perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is an end perspective view thereof taken from the end opposite that shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is another end perspective view thereof;

FIG. 7 is another top perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear and side perspective view thereof.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/155

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