Surgical stapler
Granted 25 May 2021 · no office action yet
Current assignee: cilag gmbh international · originally Johnson & Johnson
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Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Veronica J. Schlegel, Joshua Uth, Christopher C. Miller +3 · Examiner: Wan Laymon · AU 2916 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of…
FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a surgical stapler, showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a distal portion of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , the portion being indicated by the broken line circle labeled as “ FIG. 2 ” in FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 4 is a right elevational view of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 5 is a plan view of a distal portion of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , viewed from the plane 5 - 5 of FIG. 4 ;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged right elevational view of a distal portion of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , the portion being indicated by the broken line circle labeled as “ FIG. 6 ” in FIG. 4 ;
FIG. 7 is a left elevational view of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 8 is a front elevational view of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 9 is a rear elevational view of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 10 is a top plan view of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 12 is an enlarged top view of an intermediate portion of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , the portion being indicated by the broken line circle labeled as “ FIG. 12 ” in FIG. 10 ;
FIG. 13 is an enlarged top view of a proximal portion of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , the portion being indicated by the broken line circle labeled as “ FIG. 13 ” in FIG. 10 ; and,
FIG. 14 is an enlarged bottom view of a proximal portion of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , the portion being indicated by the broken line circle labeled as “ FIG. 14 ” in FIG. 11 .
The stapler features shown in broken lines are unclaimed environment, and form no part of the claimed design.
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