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Handle for a surgical instrument

Granted 13 Jan 2026 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Covidien Lp · originally Medtronic

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Inventors: Kayla N. Jump, Gregory W. Fischvogt, Drew R. Seils, Michael J. Kolb +2 · Examiner: Samantha Q Lawrence · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/961,619
filed 6 Sep 2024
Publication
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US D1109327
granted 13 Jan 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a left, front, perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a left, front, perspective view of a handle for a surgical instrument in accordance with the present design;

FIG. 2 is a left, side view of the handle for a surgical instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the handle for a surgical instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a right, side view of the handle for a surgical instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the handle for a surgical instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a front view of the handle for a surgical instrument of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the handle for a surgical instrument of FIG. 1 .

The broken lines shown in the drawings illustrate portions of the handle for a surgical instrument that form no part of the claimed design.

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D24/133D24/147

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