Surgical adhesion barrier applicator

- Ethicon, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a surgical adhesion barrier applicator showing the front and one side of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the rear and opposite side thereof;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the surgical adhesion barrier applicator in a partially open position;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the surgical adhesion barrier applicator in a fully open position;

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view thereof, the shaft is shown broken away for convenience of illustration;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view thereof, opposite that shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a side elevational view thereof, shown in partially open position;

FIG. 10 is a side elevational view thereof, shown in fully open position;

FIG. 11 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along the line 13--13 of FIG. 5; and,

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along the line 14--14 of FIG. 5.

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Patent History
Patent number: D349339
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 5, 1992
Date of Patent: Aug 2, 1994
Assignee: Ethicon, Inc. (Somerville, NJ)
Inventors: Mary B. Youtsler (Cincinnati, OH), Ronald D. Adams (Wyoming, OH), Kevin R. O'Brian (Cincinnati, OH), Richard M. O'Grady (Southington, CT), Robert L. Marvin, Jr. (New Britain, CT), Kenneth C. Deutsch (Lakeland, MN), John O. White (Lakeville, MN)
Primary Examiner: A. Hugo Word
Assistant Examiner: Ian Simmons
Attorney: Emil Richard Skula
Application Number: 0/163