Surgical stapler
Granted 4 Apr 2023 · 2 office actions
Current assignee: Cilag Gmbh International · originally Johnson & Johnson
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Inventors: Nadja K. Briscoe Heller, Omar J. Vakharia, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, 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 a top plan view of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ; and,
FIG. 3 is an enlarged top plan view of an intermediate portion of the surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , the portion being indicated by the broken line circle labeled as “ FIG. 3 ” in FIG. 2 .
The surgical stapler features shown in dash-dash broken lines are unclaimed environment and form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash-dot broken lines are included for the purpose of defining the boundary of the claim, it being understood that the region between the dot-dash-dot broken lines and the dot-dash-dot broken lines themselves form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dot-dash broken lines in the drawings are included as reference lines that define areas of enlarged views, it being understood that the dot-dot-dash broken lines themselves form no part of the claimed design.
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