Surgical installation tool

Description

FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of a surgical installation tool to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a second perspective view of the surgical installation tool of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front plan view of the surgical installation tool of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a back plan view of the surgical installation tool of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side plan view of the surgical installation tool of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a left side plan view of the surgical installation tool of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the surgical installation tool of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the surgical installation tool of FIG. 1.

The broken line showing of portions of a surgical installation tool is included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

CLAIM An ornamental design for a surgical installation tool, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Darst Rice; Mark W. (Minneapolis, MN), Brown; Daniel G. (Edina, MN), Boschert; Paul F. (Minneapolis, MN), Wood; Charles A. (Minneapolis, MN), Carreon; Ronaldo F. (San Francisco, CA), Hoch; Deborah L. (Minneapolis, MN), Hoffman; Zachary M. (Bloomington, MN)
Assignee:	Zimmer Spine, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
Appl. No.:	D/330,097
Filed:	December 29, 2008

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Related U.S. Patent Documents

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	Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
	12025984	Feb 5, 2008

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Current U.S. Class:	D24/146
Current International Class:	2402
Field of Search:	;D24/133,146,147 ;606/61,86A,254,262

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Primary Examiner: Lichtenstein; Lisa P
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC.