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Linear surgical stapler

Granted 16 Mar 2021 · no office action yet

Application
29/659,843
filed 13 Aug 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D913495
granted 16 Mar 2021

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a linear surgical stapler, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the linear surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the linear surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a left elevational view of the linear surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a right elevational view of the linear surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the linear surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the linear surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a linear surgical stapler, showing our new design;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of the linear surgical stapler of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of the linear surgical stapler of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 11 is a left elevational view of the linear surgical stapler of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 12 is a right elevational view of the linear surgical stapler of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of the linear surgical stapler of FIG. 8 ; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of the linear surgical stapler of FIG. 8 .

The stapler features shown in broken lines are unclaimed environment, and form no part of the claimed design.

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USUS-D949338-SS119 Apr 202225 Jan 2021grantedLinear surgical stapler
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