USPatent applicationPatented

Surgical instrument

Granted 4 Mar 2014 · no office action yet

Current assignee: DEPUY SPINE, INC. · originally Johnson & Johnson

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Inventors: David E. Evans, Douglas S. Kephart · Examiner: Bridget L Eland · AU 2916 · TC 2900

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29/436,813
filed 9 Nov 2012
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Patent
US D700698
granted 4 Mar 2014

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Description

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

FIG. 1 is a top, left, front perspective view of a surgical instrument according to our design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear elevation view thereof.

The broken line portion of the figure drawings is included to show unclaimed subject matter only for the purpose of illustrating environment and forms no part of the claimed design.

In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this product is a surgical instrument that is configured to insert an implant into a body, such as an intervertebral implant between adjacent vertebrae.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/133

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