Bone staple
Granted 24 Jan 2017 · no office action yet
Current assignee: Zimmer Biomet · originally MEDARTIS AG
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Inventors: Stuart D. Katchis, John R. Pepper, Lawrence Kiefer, Jorge A. Montoya +1 · Examiner: Charles Hanson · AU 2918 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a top, front perspective view…
FIG. 1 is a top, front perspective view of the bone staple comprising the new design;
FIG. 2 is a bottom, rear perspective view of the design of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the design of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of the design of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 5 is a right elevational view of the design of FIG. 1 , wherein the left elevational view is a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the design of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 7 is a top view of the design of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 8 is a top, front perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the bone staple of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 9 is a bottom, rear perspective of the design of FIG. 8 ;
FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of the design of FIG. 8 ;
FIG. 11 is a front elevational view of the design of FIG. 8 ;
FIG. 12 is a right elevational view of the design of FIG. 8 , wherein the left elevational view is a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 13 is a bottom view of the design of FIG. 8 ; and,
FIG. 14 is a top view of the design of FIG. 8 ;
FIG. 15 is a top, front perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the bone staple of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 16 is a bottom, rear perspective of the design of FIG. 15 ;
FIG. 17 is a rear elevational bottom view of the design of FIG. 15 ;
FIG. 18 is a front elevational view of the design of FIG. 15 ;
FIG. 19 is a right elevational view of the design of FIG. 15 , wherein the left elevational view is a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 20 is a bottom view of the design of FIG. 15 ; and,
FIG. 21 is a top view of the design of FIG. 15 .
The broken lines in the figures are directed to the environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.
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