Ligament graft passer or similar article

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a ligament graft passer or similar article, showing our new design, the rear elevational view being substantially identical;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view being substantially identical;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof; and

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D222403 October 1971 Crary
D227943 July 1973 Crary
4418693 December 6, 1983 LeVeen et al.
Patent History
Patent number: D309499
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 30, 1987
Date of Patent: Jul 24, 1990
Assignee: DePuy, Division of Boehringer Mannheim (Indianapolis, IN)
Inventors: Jerald A. Bowman (Warsaw, IN), Richard E. Hobbs (Huntington, IN)
Primary Examiner: A. Hugo Word
Assistant Examiner: Stella M. Reid
Law Firm: Barnes & Thornburg
Application Number: 7/139,365
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D24/26