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Tubing connector for a handheld surgical instrument

Granted 24 Mar 2020 · no office action yet

Assignee: Stryker

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Inventors: Benjamin Fineout, Hidefumi Ota, Jason Wroblewski · Examiner: Wan Laymon · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/664,218
filed 24 Sep 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D879289
granted 24 Mar 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, rear right perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top, rear right perspective view of a tubing connector for a handheld surgical instrument;

FIG. 2 is a rear end view of the tubing connector;

FIG. 3 is a front end view of the tubing connector;

FIG. 4 is a top, rear right perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top, rear left perspective view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom, rear right perspective view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom, rear left perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a top, front right perspective view thereof

In the drawings, the broken lines show unclaimed portions of the tubing connector that form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines between the left and right sides of the design represent unclaimed ornamentation that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/129

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USthis patentUS-D879289-SS124 Mar 202024 Sep 2018grantedTubing connector for a handheld surgical instrument
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CACA-186674-SS21 Feb 202022 Mar 2019grantedTubing connector for handheld surgical instrument

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