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Surgical snare

Granted 20 May 2025 · no office action yet

Assignee: Olympus Corporation

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Inventors: Aya Mori, Akane Yasukawa, Yoshino Nagasuka, Yuta Muyari +3 · Examiner: Justin M Jonaitis · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/754,566
filed 13 Oct 2020
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US D1076083
granted 20 May 2025

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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 surgical snare showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, a rear view being a mirror image of FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof, a bottom view being a mirror image of FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof.

The broken lines shown in the figures illustrate portions of the surgical snare that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/146

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