Gallbladder forceps

- Pod, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a right side elevational view of a gallbladder forceps showing our new design, the tubular housing being continuous over the area indicated by dot-dash lines;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view, in enlarged scale, of the forceps jaws of the view shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a right side elevational view, in enlarged scale, of the forceps jaws of the view shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the jaws of a gallbladder forceps showing a second embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view of the jaws of a gallbladder forceps showing a third embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the jaws of a gallbladder forceps showing a fourth embodiment of our new design, the front, rear and sides of each embodiment being identical; and,

FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view illustrating the overall length of tubular housing.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D272855 February 28, 1984 Bel et al.
D323214 January 14, 1992 Carchidi
3006344 October 1961 Vogelfanger
Foreign Patent Documents
3713830 December 1988 DEX
Patent History
Patent number: D331109
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 7, 1990
Date of Patent: Nov 17, 1992
Assignee: Pod, Inc. (Boyce, VA)
Inventors: Joseph P. McWhinney (Millwood, VA), Michael A. Brown (Bluemont, VA)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Attorney: Laurence R. Brown
Application Number: 7/563,978
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Clamp Or Forceps (28) (D24/143)