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Surgical stapler

Granted 1 Mar 1988 · no office action yet

Assignee: U.S. Department of Justice

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Inventors: David T. Green, Richard Yagami, Paul O. Rawson · Examiner: A. Hugo Word · AU 291 · TC 2900

Application

777740

filed 19 Sep 1985

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US D294518

granted 1 Mar 1988

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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 surgical stapler, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view of the surgical stapler;

FIG. 3 is a plan top view of the surgical stapler;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the surgical stapler;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the surgical stapler; and

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of the surgical stapler.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a surgical stapler, as shown.

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D294518-S	S	1 Mar 1988	19 Sep 1985	granted	Surgical stapler

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-95672-S	S	12 Mar 1987	18 Mar 1986	published	Surgical stapler

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