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Distal end of obturator for a trocar

Granted 5 Jun 2001 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Dexterity Surgical Inc. · originally DEXTERITE SURGICAL

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Inventors: Gary W. Haberland · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
120614
filed 22 Mar 2000
Publication
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US D443360
granted 5 Jun 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the distal end of obturator for a trocar showing the design of my invention;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of FIG. 1 in a retracted position;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view of FIG. 1 in a retracted position;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 1 in a retracted position;

FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 1 in a retracted position;

FIG. 8 is a front elevational view of FIG. 1 in an extended position;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevational view of FIG. 1 in an extended position, the left side being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 1 in an extended position.

The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and do not form part of the claimed design.

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D24/146

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