Surgical fastener

- Ethicon, Inc.
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Description

The present patent application is related to commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/372,241, filed Dec. 7, 2016, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a surgical fastener, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the surgical fastener shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view of the surgical fastener shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the surgical fastener shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the surgical fastener shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the surgical fastener shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the surgical fastener shown in FIG. 1.

Claims

The ornamental design for a surgical fastener, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D804666
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 29, 2016
Date of Patent: Dec 5, 2017
Assignee: Ethicon, Inc. (Somerville, NJ)
Inventors: Jianxin Guo (Livingston, NJ), Michael Cardinale (Morristown, NJ), Simon Cohn (Lebanon, NJ), Mark D. Kenyon (Ringoes, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Wan Laymon
Application Number: 29/589,199