Surgical instrument handle

Description

FIG. 1 is a left side elevation of our new design for a surgical instrument handle;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the surgical instrument handle of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of the surgical instrument handle of FIG. 1.

Claims

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

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Inventors:	Furnish; Gregory R. (Lawrenceville, GA), Hipps; W. Michael (Roswell, GA)
Assignee:	Snowden-Pencer, Inc. (Tucker, GA)
Appl. No.:	D/053,705
Filed:	April 26, 1996

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Related U.S. Patent Documents

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	Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
	540472	Oct 10, 1995

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Current U.S. Class:	D24/133
Current International Class:	2402
Field of Search:	;D24/133 ;606/1,170,206,208,205,148,142,83,51

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Other References

Promotional Literature, Snowden-Pencer (1990). . Promotional Literature, Jarit, Inc. Mar. (1992). . Promotional Literature, Aslan Medical Technologies (date unknown). . Promotional Literature, Karl Storz Gmbh & Co. Szabo-Berci Needle Drivers (1991). . Promotional Literature, Access Surgical International, Inc. (Sep. 1992). . Promotional Literature, Endotec Endoscopic Technologies, Inc. (1993). . Promotional Literature, AESCULAP.RTM. ProMis Line.RTM. Pen-handle-Psalmon endoscopic-handle (Sep. 1994)..

Primary Examiner: Clark; Doris
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.