Handle for a medical instrument
Granted 10 Jan 2023 · no office action yet
Current assignee: Auris Health, Inc. · originally Johnson & Johnson
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Inventors: Melissa A. Teran, Andre J. Castillo, Akira Bryan Ueda, Francois Pierre Rene' Dransart +2 · Examiner: T Chase Nelson · AU 2912 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a top, front, right perspective…
FIG. 1 is a top, front, right perspective view of a handle for a medical instrument;
FIG. 2 is a bottom, rear, left perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a left view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a right view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,
FIG. 8 is a bottom thereof.
The broken lines illustrate portions of the handle for a medical instrument and form no part of the claimed subject matter. In certain applications, the illustrated embodiment of a handle for a medical instrument can be a handle for a medical scope such as an endoscope or a ureteroscope.
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| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USthis patent | US-D975275-S | S1 | 10 Jan 2023 | 15 Aug 2019 | granted | Handle for a medical instrument |
| US | US-D1006224-S | S1 | 28 Nov 2023 | 25 Nov 2022 | granted | Handle for a medical instrument |
| US | US-D1029251-S | S1 | 28 May 2024 | 6 Nov 2023 | granted | Handle for a medical instrument |
| US | US-D1064266-S | S1 | 25 Feb 2025 | 25 May 2024 | granted | Handle for a medical instrument |
| JP | JP-1663940-S | S | 20 Jul 2020 | 14 Feb 2020 | granted | no title held |
| JP | JP-1663943-S | S | 20 Jul 2020 | 14 Feb 2020 | granted | no title held |
| JP | JP-1663944-S | S | 20 Jul 2020 | 14 Feb 2020 | granted | no title held |
| JP | JP-1663945-S | S | 20 Jul 2020 | 14 Feb 2020 | granted | no title held |
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