Spinal implant insertion device
Granted 9 Jul 2019 · 6 office actions
Current assignee: Bank of America Corporation · originally Globus Medical
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Inventors: David E. Lane, II, Mark Peterson, James R. Malcolm · Examiner: Bridget L Eland · AU 2921 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a spinal implant insertion device showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a side view of the spinal implant insertion device of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 3 is a top view of the spinal implant insertion device of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the spinal implant insertion device of FIG. 1 , showing the distal end;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of the spinal implant insertion device of FIG. 1 , showing the distal end;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged top view of the spinal implant insertion device of FIG. 1 , showing the distal end;
FIG. 7 is a side view of the spinal implant insertion device of FIG. 1 , shown in a different environment and with environment removed in order to show aspect of the design that would not otherwise be apparent; and,
FIG. 8 is a side view of the spinal implant insertion device of FIG. 1 , shown in yet another environment.
The dotted lines immediately adjacent to the shaded areas represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other evenly spaced broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design. In addition, the unshaded surface directly adjoining the solid line edge in FIGS. 1, 3, 4, and 6 forms no part of the claimed design.
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