Trocar

- Conmed Corporation
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Description

A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a first embodiment of the trocar comprising my new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

FIG. 8 is an isometric view of another embodiment of the trocar comprising my new design;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a front elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a rear elevational view thereof.

The top plan view and the bottom plan view of the trocar depicted in FIG. 8 are identical to FIGS. 6 and 7, respectively.

The broken lines showing in FIGS. 1 through 12 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a trocar, as shown and described.

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  • Wing et al., pending U.S. Utility patent application, Ser. No. 09/944,190, filed Aug. 31, 2001, entitled “Obturator and Cannula for a Trocar Adapted for Ease of Insertion and Removal” Attorney Docket No. 1242.017.
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Patent History
Patent number: D495053
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 4, 2002
Date of Patent: Aug 24, 2004
Assignee: Conmed Corporation (Utica, NY)
Inventor: Deborah A. Laun (Syracuse, NY)
Primary Examiner: Ian Simmons
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
Application Number: 29/168,574
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cutting, Abrading, Scraping Or Puncturing (31) (D24/146)
International Classification: 2402;