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Medical needle assembly

Granted 21 Sep 2004 · no office action yet

Application
29/185,467
filed 27 Jun 2003
Publication
Not published
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US D496457
granted 21 Sep 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a bifurcated medical needle assembly with a pivoting safey shield showing our new design, the broken line shown for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom perspective view thereof with the pivoting safety shield in an open position;

FIG. 7 is a top perspective view of the bifurcated medical needle assembly shown with the pivoting safety shield in a closed, safety shielded position;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of the assembly as in FIG. 7 with the pivoting safety shield in a closed position; and,

FIG. 9 is a bottom elevational view of the assembly as in FIG. 7 with the pivoting safety shield in a closed position.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/130D24/114D24/112

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Ian Simmons
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USUS-D476733-SS11 Jul 20039 May 2002grantedMedical needle assembly
USthis patentUS-D496457-SS121 Sep 200427 Jun 2003grantedMedical needle assembly
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-150136-SS16 Dec 200221 May 2002publishedMedical needle assembly
CACA-99522-SS4 Feb 200321 May 2002grantedMedical needle assembly with a safety shield

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