Surgical retractor Patent Grant Sutherland , et al. March 10, 2 [CardioPrecision Limited]

Surgical retractor

Sutherland , et al. March 10, 2

Patent Grant D724207

U.S. patent number D724,207 [Application Number D/439,486] was granted by the patent office on 2015-03-10 for surgical retractor. This patent grant is currently assigned to CardioPrecision Limited. The grantee listed for this patent is CardioPrecision Limited. Invention is credited to Fraser William Havern Sutherland, Ying Sutherland, John Targell.

United States Patent	D724,207
Sutherland , et al.	March 10, 2015

Surgical retractor

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a surgical retractor, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Sutherland; Ying (Glasgow, GB), Sutherland; Fraser William Havern (Glasgow, GB), Targell; John (Kilmarnock, GB)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
CardioPrecision Limited	Glasgow	N/A	GB

Assignee:

CardioPrecision Limited (Glasgow, GB)

Family ID:

43065524

Appl. No.:

D/439,486

Filed:

December 11, 2012

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
PCT/GB2011/051618	Aug 30, 2011

Current U.S. Class:	D24/135
Current CPC Class:	A61B1/00126 20130101; A61B5/00 20130101; A61B90/30 20160201; G02B6/35 20130101; A61B17/02 20130101; G02B6/3504 20130101; G02B6/3574 20130101; A61B2562/0233 20130101; A61B2090/306 20160201; A61B1/07 20130101
Current International Class:	2402
Field of Search:	;D24/133,135,140 ;606/191 ;600/201,210,214,235

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Primary Examiner: Eland; Bridget L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Winstead PC

Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a surgical retractor in accordance with the design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom perspective view thereof.

The broken lines shown in the Drawings are included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the surgical retractor that form no part of the claimed design.

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