Bone graft delivery tool

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the bone graft delivery tool;

FIG. 2 is a front perspective exploded view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left elevation view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a detailed view of a portion of the bone graft delivery tool of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of Section A-A of FIG. 9.

Claims

The ornamental design for a bone graft delivery tool, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D797290
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 19, 2015
Date of Patent: Sep 12, 2017
Assignee: Spinal Surgical Strategies, LLC (Incline Village, NV)
Inventors: Jeffrey B. Kleiner (Denver, CO), Edward John Grimberg, Jr. (Golden, CO)
Primary Examiner: Robert M Spear
Assistant Examiner: Eliza Bennett-Hattan
Application Number: 29/542,927