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Surgical instrument

Granted 21 Apr 2020 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic · originally Medtronic

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Inventors: James P. Duncan, Anthony J. Melkent, Thomas E. Drochner · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application

29/550,541

filed 5 Jan 2016

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US D882079

granted 21 Apr 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 first embodiment of a surgical instrument;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a side view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a surgical instrument;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 11 is a side view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 12 is a side view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 13 is a side view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 14 is a side view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 15 is a top view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 ; and,

FIG. 16 is a bottom view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 .

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1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for the surgical instrument, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D24/133

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Ian Simmons

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