Distal end cap having gripping features
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In the drawings, the evenly-spaced broken lines depict environmental subject matter only that forms no part of the claim.
Claims
The ornamental design for a distal end cap having gripping features, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: May 19, 2015
Date of Patent: Aug 30, 2016
Assignee: Ethicon, LLC (San Lorenzo, PR)
Inventors: Michael Cardinale (Morristown, NJ), Simon Cohn (Lebanon, NJ), Jianxin Guo (Livingston, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Robert M Spear
Assistant Examiner: Darcey E Heflin
Application Number: 29/527,395