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 the medical injector of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

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

FIG. 8 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a front plan view of the third embodiment of the medical injector of our new design;

FIG. 14 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a front plan view of the fourth embodiment of the medical injector of our new design;

FIG. 20 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 22 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 23 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 24 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 25 is a front plan view of the fifth embodiment of the medical injector of our new design;

FIG. 26 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 27 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 28 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 29 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 30 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 31 is a front plan view of the sixth embodiment of the medical injector of our new design;

FIG. 32 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 33 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 34 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 35 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 36 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 37 is a front plan view of the seventh embodiment of the medical injector of our new design;

FIG. 38 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 39 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 40 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 41 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 42 is a top view thereof.

The embodiments of the invention shown in FIGS. 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, 31, and 37 include the trademark “clik STAR” which is a trademark of Sanofi-Adventis Deutschland GmbH, a corporation of Germany, having a post office address Brüningstrasse 50, 65929 Frankfurt, Germany, which is the assignee of this patent application.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D651305
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 9, 2009
Date of Patent: Dec 27, 2011
Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt)
Inventors: Miles Hawley (Stoke Poges), Steve Sayers (Aston Clinton)
Primary Examiner: David Muller
Attorney: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Application Number: 29/335,170