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Interference screw

Granted 3 Dec 2019 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Arthrex · originally Karl Storz

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Inventors: Sarah Dressler, Michael Sauer · Examiner: Wan Laymon · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/644,101
filed 13 Apr 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D868967
granted 3 Dec 2019

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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 an interference screw according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the interference screw of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the interference screw of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the interference screw of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the interference screw of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a top view of the interference screw of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the interference screw of FIG. 1 .

The broken lines in FIG. 4 are included for the purpose of illustrating a portion of the interference screw that forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/145

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