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Handle for suturing instrument

Granted 10 Jun 2014 · no office action yet

Application
29/447,624
filed 5 Mar 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D706928
granted 10 Jun 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, left perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, left perspective view of a handle for a suturing instrument, with the trigger in an un-actuated position, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom, front, right perspective view of the handle for a suturing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the handle for a suturing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the handle for a suturing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a top side view of the handle for a suturing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a bottom side view of the handle for a suturing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a front side view of the handle for a suturing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a rear side view of the handle for a suturing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 9 is a top, front, left perspective view of the handle for a suturing instrument of FIG. 1 , showing a shaft of the suturing instrument in dashed outline;

FIG. 10 is a top, front, left perspective exploded view of the handle for a suturing instrument;

FIG. 11 is a top, front, left perspective view of the handle for a suturing instrument of FIG. 1 , with the trigger in a first actuated position;

FIG. 12 is a left side view of the handle for a suturing instrument of FIG. 11 ;

FIG. 13 is a top, front, left perspective view of the handle for a suturing instrument of FIG. 1 , with the trigger in a second actuated position; and,

FIG. 14 is a left side view of the handle for a suturing instrument of FIG. 13 .

The broken lines shown in the figure drawings are included for illustrating environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/145D24/133

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Wan Laymon
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