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Handle for a medical device

Granted 24 Mar 2026 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Abiomed, Inc. · originally Abiomed

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Inventors: Charles DeLorenzo, Brian Chouinard, Glen R. Fantuzzi, Christopher Nason Korkuch · Examiner: George J Ulsh · AU 2924 · TC 2900

Application
29/953,472
filed 22 Jul 2024
Publication
Not published
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US D1120316
granted 24 Mar 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, left side…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, left side perspective view of a handle for a medical device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The dot-dash broken lines represent boundaries of the claimed design and form no part thereof. All other broken lines illustrate portions of the handle for a medical device that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/133

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Pendency
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Examiner
George J Ulsh
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D1042824-SS117 Sep 20242 Nov 2021grantedHandle for a medical device
USthis patentUS-D1120316-SS124 Mar 202622 Jul 2024grantedHandle for a medical device
JPJP-1737315-SS31 Mar 202328 Apr 2022granted医療機器用ハンドルja
JPJP-1737327-SS31 Mar 202328 Apr 2022granted医療機器用ハンドルja
›Other offices — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-228919-SS4 Apr 20242 May 2022grantedHandle for a medical device
CACA-212451-SS24 May 20242 May 2022grantedHandle for a medical device
TWTW-D223614-SS11 Feb 202329 Apr 2022publishedHandle for a medical device
TWTW-D226141-SS21 Jun 202329 Apr 2022publishedHandle for a medical device

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