Bendable suture needle
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The broken lines in the drawings form no part of the claimed design for a bendable suture needle.
Claims
The ornamental design for a bendable suture needle, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 22, 2019
Date of Patent: Nov 23, 2021
Assignee: Ethicon, Inc. (Somerville, NJ)
Inventor: Frank Richard Cichocki, Jr. (Easton, PA)
Primary Examiner: Wan Laymon
Application Number: 29/681,061