Open vessel sealing forceps
Granted 13 Nov 2012 · 4 office actions
Current assignee: Covidien · originally TE Connectivity
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Inventors: Luke Waaler, Ryan C. Artale, Mark J. Huseman, Tony Moua +8 · Examiner: Wan Laymon · AU 2916 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a left side perspective view…
FIG. 1 is a left side perspective view of an open vessel sealing forceps of the present design;
FIG. 2 is a front view of the open vessel sealing forceps of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 3 is a rear view of the open vessel sealing forceps of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the open vessel sealing forceps of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 5 is a top view of the open vessel sealing forceps of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 6 is a right, side view of the open vessel sealing forceps of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 7 is a left, side view of the open vessel sealing forceps of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 8 is a right, front perspective view of the open vessel sealing forceps of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 9 is a left, rear perspective view of the open vessel sealing forceps of FIG. 1 ; and,
FIG. 10 is a left, front perspective view of the open vessel sealing forceps of FIG. 1 .
The broken lines immediately adjacent the claimed areas in FIG. 5 represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines represent environmental structure and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the clamed design.
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| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USthis patent | US-D670808-S | S1 | 13 Nov 2012 | 1 Oct 2010 | granted | Open vessel sealing forceps |
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| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU | AU-336097-S | S | 20 Apr 2011 | 29 Mar 2011 | published | Open vessel sealing forceps |
| CA | CA-139821-S | S | 23 Nov 2011 | 25 Mar 2011 | granted | Open vessel sealing forceps |
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