Catheter

- TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a catheter, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a reduced-scale front view showing the catheter in a wound condition.

The broken lines shown in the drawings represent portions of the catheter that form no part of the claimed design. The parallel dash-dot lines in the drawings indicate that the appearance of any portion of the catheter between the break lines forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

We claim, the ornamental design for a catheter, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D958355
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 25, 2020
Date of Patent: Jul 19, 2022
Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Tokyo)
Inventors: Marcelo Guimaraes (Mount Pleasant, SC), Ryo Okamura (Shizuoka), Mitsuteru Yasunaga (Shizuoka)
Primary Examiner: Natasha Vujcic
Assistant Examiner: Gilbert B Ford
Application Number: 29/752,223