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Handle for medical instruments

Granted 12 Mar 2024 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Karl Storz

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Inventors: Kay Behrendt, Ruediger Schoenleber, Rainer Schmitz, Judith Holzer +1 · Examiner: Eliza Z Harvey · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/800,083
filed 19 Jul 2021
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US D1017803
granted 12 Mar 2024
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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a handle for medical instruments according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the handle for medical instruments of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the handle for medical instruments of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the handle for medical instruments of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the handle for medical instruments of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a top view of the handle for medical instruments of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the handle for medical instruments of FIG. 1 .

The dashed lines illustrate environment that does not form a part of the present invention, and no claim is made to the material illustrated with dashed lines.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/133

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