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Distal assembly for a knot pusher

Granted 19 Aug 2014 · 2 office actions

Application
29/436,660
filed 8 Nov 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D711535
granted 19 Aug 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, left side…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, left side perspective view of a distal assembly for a knot pusher, showing our new design, wherein the break lines indicate indeterminate length;

FIG. 2 is a top, rear, right side perspective view of the distal assembly of FIG. 1 , wherein the break lines indicate indeterminate length;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view of the distal assembly of FIG. 1 , wherein the break lines indicate indeterminate length;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view of the distal assembly of FIG. 1 , wherein the break lines indicate indeterminate length;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the distal assembly of FIG. 1 , wherein the break lines indicate indeterminate length;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the distal assembly of FIG. 1 , wherein the break lines indicate indeterminate length;

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of the distal assembly of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a rear elevational view of the distal assembly of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 9 is a top, front, left side perspective view of the distal assembly of FIG. 1 , wherein the break lines indicate indeterminate length.

The broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded areas represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/145D24/133

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Examiner
Wan Laymon
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