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Vessel sealer

Granted 19 Aug 2008 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Covidien · originally TE Connectivity

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Inventors: David Hixson, Paul R. Romero, Luke Waaler · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application

29/288,472

filed 12 Jun 2007

Publication

Not published

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US D575401

granted 19 Aug 2008

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Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vessel sealer showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the vessel sealer;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the vessel sealer;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the vessel sealer;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the vessel sealer;

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the vessel sealer; and,

FIG. 7 is a left side view of the vessel sealer.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentWe claim the ornamental design for a vessel sealer, as shown.

Classifications

2 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D24/144D24/146

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Pendency

1.2 y

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Examiner

Ian Simmons

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3 members · 3 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D575401-S	S1	19 Aug 2008	12 Jun 2007	granted	Vessel sealer

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-318554-S	S	25 Mar 2008	10 Dec 2007	published	Vessel sealer
CA	CA-123543-S	S	27 Aug 2008	5 Dec 2007	granted	Vessel sealer

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