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Medical instrument

Granted 28 Aug 2007 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Karl Storz

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Inventors: Michael Sauer · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/228,767
filed 28 Apr 2005
Publication
Not published
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US D549824
granted 28 Aug 2007

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a medical instrument in accordance with the new design;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the medical instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the medical instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the medical instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the medical instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is an exploded side view of the medical instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is an exploded side view of the medical instrument of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 8 is a side view of the medical instrument of FIG. 1 .

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/146D24/147

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2
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2
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Ian Simmons
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