Medical injector

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Description

The file of this patent contains at least one photograph executed in color. Copies of this patent with color photographs will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 is a front plan view of the first embodiment of a medical injector of my new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side view thereof,

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front plan view of a second embodiment of a medical injector of my new design;

FIG. 8 is a left side view thereof,

FIG. 9 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a top view thereof.

The colors of the first embodiment of the design are as follows:

Body/Cap: Pantone: 16-3802 TPX (corresponds to light gray);

Dose dial grip: Pantone 18-4005 TPX (corresponds to dark gray);

Dose button/border of the label: Pantone 2645 (corresponds to violet blue); and

Surface of the label: no color (white).

Claims

The ornamental design for the a medical injector, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D626216
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 30, 2007
Date of Patent: Oct 26, 2010
Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt)
Inventor: Daniel Paul Charles Tyce (Warwickshire)
Primary Examiner: Elizabeth A Albert
Assistant Examiner: Karen E Eldridge Powers
Attorney: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
Application Number: 29/274,154