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Surgical instrument backend housing

Granted 19 May 2020 · no office action yet

Application
29/644,770
filed 20 Apr 2018
Publication
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US D884892
granted 19 May 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front top perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a front top perspective view of a first embodiment of a surgical instrument backend housing of our new design;

FIG. 2 is another front top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is another rear top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front top perspective view of a second embodiment of a surgical instrument backend housing of our new design;

FIG. 11 is another front top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a rear top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 13 is another rear top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a front top perspective view of a third embodiment of a surgical instrument backend housing of our new design;

FIG. 20 is another front top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a rear top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 22 is another rear top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 23 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 24 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 25 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 26 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 27 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 28 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the surgical instrument backend housing, including a shaft and an end effector that are depicted in broken lines to indicate an exemplary environment for the claimed design and do not form any part of the claimed design.

Bottom views of the surgical instrument backend housing embodiments are omitted as the bottom view forms no part of the claimed design.

The surgical instrument backend housing is not limited to the scale shown herein.

The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

The broken lines in the Figures show unclaimed portions of the surgical instrument end portion and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/145

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