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Catheter assembly design

Granted 2 Apr 2019 · no office action yet

Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.

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Inventors: Harsh D. Chheda, Gursel Akcay · Examiner: David G Muller · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application

29/581,199

filed 17 Oct 2016

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US D844774

granted 2 Apr 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view depicting…

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view depicting a catheter assembly design in accordance with a first embodiment of the patent design.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof.

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Claims

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›1.independentWe claim the ornamental design for a catheter assembly design, substantially as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D24/112

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David G Muller

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10 members · 3 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-2016220805-A1	A1	4 Aug 2016	1 Feb 2016	published	Intravenous catheter assembly design
US	US-2018296149-A1	A1	18 Oct 2018	20 Jun 2018	published	Needle assembly with diagnostic analysis provisions
USthis patent	US-D844774-S	S1	2 Apr 2019	17 Oct 2016	granted	Catheter assembly design
US	US-2020146605-A1	A1	14 May 2020	15 Jan 2020	published	Releaseable catheter hub retainer
US	US-10898118-B2	B2	26 Jan 2021	20 Jun 2018	granted	Needle assembly with diagnostic analysis provisions
US	US-2021113128-A1	A1	22 Apr 2021	29 Dec 2020	published	Needle assembly with diagnostic analysis provisions
US	US-12150765-B2	B2	26 Nov 2024	15 Jan 2020	granted	Releaseable catheter hub retainer
US	US-2025160706-A1	A1	22 May 2025	17 Jan 2025	published	Needle assembly with diagnostic analysis provisions
WO	WO-2016123616-A1	A1	4 Aug 2016	1 Feb 2016	published	Intravenous catheter assembly design

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
ZA	ZA-202212948-B	B	30 Oct 2024	29 Nov 2022	published	Releaseable catheter hub retainer

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