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Handle for a medical instrument

Granted 10 Jan 2023 · no office action yet

Application
29/701,981
filed 15 Aug 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D975275
granted 10 Jan 2023

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, right perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right perspective view of a handle for a medical instrument;

FIG. 2 is a bottom, rear, left perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom thereof.

The broken lines illustrate portions of the handle for a medical instrument and form no part of the claimed subject matter. In certain applications, the illustrated embodiment of a handle for a medical instrument can be a handle for a medical scope such as an endoscope or a ureteroscope.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/133D24/138

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Examiner
T Chase Nelson
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USthis patentUS-D975275-SS110 Jan 202315 Aug 2019grantedHandle for a medical instrument
USUS-D1006224-SS128 Nov 202325 Nov 2022grantedHandle for a medical instrument
USUS-D1029251-SS128 May 20246 Nov 2023grantedHandle for a medical instrument
USUS-D1064266-SS125 Feb 202525 May 2024grantedHandle for a medical instrument
JPJP-1663940-SS20 Jul 202014 Feb 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1663943-SS20 Jul 202014 Feb 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1663944-SS20 Jul 202014 Feb 2020grantedno title held
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