Surgical instrument
Granted 21 Apr 2015 · no office action yet
Assignee: Smith & Nephew
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Inventors: Gene Edward Austin, Charles R. Baker · Examiner: Joel Sincavage · AU 2915 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a front/top, right-side perspective view…
FIG. 1 is a front/top, right-side perspective view of a first embodiment of the surgical instrument.
FIG. 2 is a front/top, left-side perspective view of the first embodiment of the surgical instrument.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the first embodiment of the surgical instrument.
FIG. 4 is a top view of the first embodiment of the surgical instrument.
FIG. 5 is a right-side view of the first embodiment of the surgical instrument.
FIG. 6 is a left-side view of the first embodiment of the surgical instrument.
FIG. 7 is a front/top, right-side perspective view of a second embodiment of the surgical instrument.
FIG. 8 is a front/top, left-side perspective view of the second embodiment of the surgical instrument.
FIG. 9 is a front view of the second embodiment of the surgical instrument.
FIG. 10 is a top view of the second embodiment of the surgical instrument.
FIG. 11 is a right-side view of the second embodiment of the surgical instrument; and,
FIG. 12 is a left-side view of the second embodiment of the surgical instrument.
The rear view of the first embodiment of the surgical instrument is a mirror image of the front view shown in FIG. 3 , and the bottom view of the first embodiment of the surgical instrument is a mirror image of the top view shown in FIG. 4 .
The rear view of the second embodiment of the surgical instrument is a mirror image of the front view shown in FIG. 9 , and the bottom view of the second embodiment of the surgical instrument is a mirror image of the top view shown in FIG. 10 .
The broken lines are for the purpose of showing an illustrative driver bit for the surgical instrument, and forms no part of the claimed design.
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