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Drive device for a medical instrument

Granted 14 Feb 2023 · no office action yet

Application
29/701,988
filed 15 Aug 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D978348
granted 14 Feb 2023

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Description

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

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right perspective view of a first embodiment of a drive device for a medical instrument;

FIG. 2 is a bottom, rear, left perspective view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a left view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a right view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a top, front, right perspective view of a second embodiment of a drive device for a medical instrument;

FIG. 10 is a bottom, rear, left perspective view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a front view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a rear view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a left view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a right view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a top view of the second embodiment; and,

FIG. 16 is a bottom view of the second embodiment.

The broken lines illustrate portions of the drive device for a medical instrument and form no part of the claimed subject matter.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/138

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USthis patentUS-D978348-SS114 Feb 202315 Aug 2019grantedDrive device for a medical instrument
JPJP-1663939-SS20 Jul 202014 Feb 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1663946-SS20 Jul 202014 Feb 2020grantedno title held

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