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Disposable medical instrument for performing retropubic urethropexy

Granted 31 Jul 2001 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Hunter A. McKay · originally McKay; Hunter A.

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Inventors: Kathryn McLeod, Clinton T. Schneider · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
122636
filed 1 May 2000
Publication
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US D445899
granted 31 Jul 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view taken…

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view taken from the needle end of a single needle instrument with thumb pad extended and needle retracted.

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view taken from the needle end of a single needle instrument with thumb pad extended and needle retracted.

FIG. 3 is a rotated perspective view taken from the thumb pad end of a single needle instrument with the thumb pad extended and needle retracted.

FIG. 4 is a rotated perspective view taken from the thumb pad end of a single needle instrument with the thumb pad extended and needle retracted.

FIG. 5 is a top perspective view taken from the needle end of a single needle instrument with thumb pad depressed and needle extended.

FIG. 6 is a bottom perspective view taken from the needle end of a single needle instrument with the thumb pad depressed and the needle extended.

FIG. 7 is a rotated perspective view taken from the thumb pad end of a single needle instrument with the thumb pad depressed and the needle extended; and,

FIG. 8 is a rotated perspective view taken from the thumb pad end of a single needle instrument with the thumb pad depressed and the needle extended.

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