Apparatus for electrical destruction of medical instruments
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus for electrical destruction of medical instruments showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof, the other side being a mirror image;
FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a frontal elevational view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an alternative apparatus for electrical destruction of medical instruments showing a variation of our new design;
FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the alternative design depicted in FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a side elevational view of the alternative design depicted in FIG. 7, the other side being a mirror image;
FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of the alternative design depicted in FIG. 7;
FIG. 11 is a frontal elevational view of the alternative design depicted in FIG. 7;
FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the alternative design depicted in FIG. 7.
FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a still further alternative apparatus for the electrical destruction of medical instruments showing a further variation of our new design, the side elevations, the rear elevation, the frontal elevation and the bottom view are, respectively, identical to the side elevation of FIGS. 3 and 9, identical to the rear elevation of FIGS. 4 and 10, identical to the frontal elevation of FIG. 5 and the bottom may be identical to either FIG. 6 or FIG. 12; and,
FIG. 14 is a perspective view of an even further alternative apparatus for the electrical destruction of medical instruments showing a still further variation of our new design, the side elevations, the rear elevation, the frontal elevation and the bottom view are, respectively, identical to the side elevation of FIGS. 3 and 9, identical to the rear elevation of FIGS. 4 and 10, identical to the frontal elevation of FIG. 11 and the bottom may be identical to either FIG. 6 or FIG. 12.
The broken line showing the digital readout components in FIGS. 1, 2, 7 and 8 is for illustrative purposes only and forms not part of the claimed design.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 25, 1997
Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
Assignee: Innovative Medical Equipment, Inc. (Akron, OH)
Inventors: Roger H. Ramsey (Akron, OH), William E. Brazis (Medina, OH), Cherry Bochmann (Richfield, OH), Erin Riddell (Cleveland, OH)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: G. Albert Andoll
Law Firm: Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber
Application Number: 0/70,032
