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Joystick for endoscope operating unit

Granted 3 Mar 2020 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Olympus Corporation

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Inventors: Tatsuhiko Suzuki · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/558,493
filed 18 Mar 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D877332
granted 3 Mar 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a joystick for endoscope operating unit, showing an embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a sectional view thereof; taken along line 8 - 8 in FIG. 2 .

The broken lines in FIGS. 3 and 8 show portions of the joystick for endoscope operating unit that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/138

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Examiner
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