Medical device buttons assembly
Granted 15 Jun 2021 · 4 office actions
Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
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Inventors: Timothy B. Hulford, Elie Eyram Ahovi, Robert B. Hubler, Craig Tsuji +1 · Examiner: Aula Soroush · AU 2915 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a medical device portion that incorporates the new design for a medical device buttons assembly;
FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the medical device portion of FIG. 1 that incorporates the new design;
FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view of the medical device portion of FIG. 1 , which does not form part of the new design;
FIG. 4 is a left elevation view of the medical device portion of FIG. 1 that incorporates the new design;
FIG. 5 is a right elevation view of the medical device portion of FIG. 1 that incorporates the new design;
FIG. 6 is a top view of the medical device portion of FIG. 1 that incorporates the new design;
FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the medical device portion of FIG. 1 that incorporates the new design;
FIG. 8 is an enlarged portion of FIG. 10 ;
FIG. 9 is an enlarged portion of FIG. 11 ;
FIG. 10 is a top perspective view of the medical device portion of FIG. 1 that incorporates the new design; and,
FIG. 11 is a bottom perspective view of the medical device portion of FIG. 1 that incorporates the new design.
The broken lines in FIGS. 1-11 illustrate portions of a medical device that form no part of the claimed design.
The dash-dot lines in FIGS. 8 and 10 indicate the boundary of the enlarged portion of FIG. 10 and form no part of the claimed design.
The dash-dot lines in FIGS. 9 and 11 indicate the boundary of the enlarged portion of FIG. 11 and form no part of the claimed design.
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