Suture needle

- DePuy Mitek, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a left side elevation view of the suture needle of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the suture needle;

FIG. 3 is a back end view of the suture needle;

FIG. 4 is a front end view of the suture needle;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the suture needle;

FIG. 6 is a right side view elevation view of the suture needle; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the suture needle of the present invention.

Claims

The ornamental design for a suture needle, as shown.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
2738790 March 1956 Todt, Sr. et al.
3842840 October 1974 Schweizer
3901244 August 1975 Schweizer
4890615 January 2, 1990 Caspari
5222977 June 29, 1993 Esser
5312422 May 17, 1994 Trott
5522820 June 4, 1996 Caspari
5908428 June 1, 1999 Scirica
5980538 November 9, 1999 Fuchs
6770084 August 3, 2004 Bain et al.
Patent History
Patent number: D523554
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 11, 2003
Date of Patent: Jun 20, 2006
Assignee: DePuy Mitek, Inc. (New Brunswick, NJ)
Inventor: Thomas Weisel (Ventura, CA)
Primary Examiner: Ian Simmons
Assistant Examiner: Christopher Lee
Attorney: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman LLP
Application Number: 29/195,474