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Handle for laparoscopic device with integral rotation wheel

Granted 23 Feb 2016 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Covidien · originally Medtronic

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Inventors: Stephan Merkle, Grant T. Sims, Sean T. O'Neill, Shu Kuen Chang +1 · Examiner: Ian Simmons

Application
29/415,261
filed 8 Mar 2012
Publication
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US D750245
granted 23 Feb 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a handle for laparoscopic device with integral rotation wheel in accordance with the present design;

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the handle for laparoscopic device with integral rotation wheel of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the handle for laparoscopic device with integral rotation wheel of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the handle for laparoscopic device with integral rotation wheel of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the handle for laparoscopic device with integral rotation wheel of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the handle for laparoscopic device with integral rotation wheel of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the handle for laparoscopic device with integral rotation wheel of FIG. 1 .

In FIGS. 1-7 , the features of the handle for laparoscopic device with integral rotation wheel shown in phantom lines are for illustrative purposes only and do not constitute a part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/148

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