Retractor blade
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The broken lines immediately adjacent the claim represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a retractor blade, substantially as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 12, 2015
Date of Patent: Jun 13, 2017
Assignee: NuVasive, Inc. (San Diego, CA)
Inventors: Niall Casey (San Diego, CA), James Coleman Lee (San Diego, CA), Ali A. Shorooghi (San Diego, CA), Gurvinder S. Deol (Raleigh, NC), Bradley Alan Heiges (Savannah, GA), Nitin Khanna (Chicago, IL), Troy B. Woolley (Erie, CO)
Primary Examiner: Bridget L Eland
Assistant Examiner: Lauren McVey
Application Number: 29/530,069