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Handle for suturing instrument

Granted 30 Jun 2015 · no office action yet

Application
29/489,200
filed 28 Apr 2014
Publication
Not published
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US D733297
granted 30 Jun 2015

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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 a first 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 an alternate 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 alternate position; and,

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

The broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded areas represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines are directed to the 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
D24/145

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Wan Laymon
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