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Retractor

Granted 26 Jun 2018 · no office action yet

Current assignee: SHINWA SYOJI CO., LTD. · originally OZK CO., LTD.

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Inventors: Yoshiro Morishita, Haruhiko Yamasaki, Toshihiko Shibata, Katsunori Mitsuhashi · Examiner: Jeffrey D Asch · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/591,945
filed 25 Jan 2017
Publication
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US D821577
granted 26 Jun 2018

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a retractor showing our new design.

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof.

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view thereof, taken along line 8 - 8 of FIG. 2 ; and,

FIG. 9 is a perspective view thereof, showing the retractor in use after being inserted into a chest or an abdomen from a small incision, the retractor being deformed in a ring shape in a body, so as to keep the opened part in the opened state.

The broken lines illustrate environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/135

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USthis patentUS-D821577-SS126 Jun 201825 Jan 2017grantedRetractor
JPJP-1571210-SS13 Mar 201725 Jul 2016grantedno title held

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