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Linear stapler design

Granted 26 Feb 2013 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Ethicon Endo Surgery · originally Johnson & Johnson

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Inventors: John V. Hunt, Gregory W. Johnson, Cory G. Kimball · Examiner: Wan Laymon · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/398,468
filed 23 Sep 2011
Publication
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US D676963
granted 26 Feb 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is perspective view of the linear…

FIG. 1 is perspective view of the linear stapler design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the linear stapler design;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the linear stapler design, the right side being a mirror image;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the linear stapler design;

FIG. 5 is a front end view of the linear stapler design; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear end view of the linear stapler design.

The broken lines shown in the drawings represent portions of the linear stapler design that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/145

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AUAU-342198-SS30 Apr 201222 Mar 2012publishedLinear stapler
CACA-144958-SS3 Dec 201221 Mar 2012grantedLinear stapler

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