Medical injector

Description

The file of this patent contains at least one photograph executed in color. Copies of this patent with color photographs will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 is a front plan view of the first embodiment of the medical injector of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front plan view of the second embodiment of the medical injector of our new design;

FIG. 8 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a front plan view of the third embodiment of the medical injector of our new design;

FIG. 14 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a front plan view of the fourth embodiment of the medical injector of our new design;

FIG. 20 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 22 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 23 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 24 is a top view thereof.

The embodiments of the invention shown in FIGS. 1, 7, 13, and 19 include the trademark "clik STAR" which is a trademark of Sanofi-Adventis Deutschland GmbH, a corporation of Germany, having a post office address Bruningstrasse 50, 65929 Frankfurt, Germany, which is the assignee of this patent application.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a medical injector, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Hawley; Miles (Stoke Poges, GB), Sayers; Steve (Aston Clinton, GB)
Assignee:	Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, DE)
Appl. No.:	D/335,175
Filed:	April 9, 2009

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Current U.S. Class:	D24/113
Current International Class:	2402
Field of Search:	;D24/112-114,133,186,104,130,127 ;606/181,185 ;604/187,158,164.08,192,263,163,181,184,198,227,207

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Primary Examiner: Muller; David
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP