Control handle for a medical device Patent Grant Tegg , et al. August 2, 2 [St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.]

Control handle for a medical device

Tegg , et al. August 2, 2

Patent Grant D762851

U.S. patent number D762,851 [Application Number D/518,298] was granted by the patent office on 2016-08-02 for control handle for a medical device. This patent grant is currently assigned to St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.. Invention is credited to Andrew Senn, Troy T. Tegg.

United States Patent	D762,851
Tegg , et al.	August 2, 2016

Control handle for a medical device

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a control handle for a medical device, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Tegg; Troy T. (Elk River, MN), Senn; Andrew (Minneapolis, MN)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.	St. Paul	MN	US

Assignee:

St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. (St. Paul, MN)

Appl. No.:

D/518,298

Filed:

February 23, 2015

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29420265	May 7, 2012	D726905
13105646	Mar 18, 2014	8676290

Current U.S. Class:	D24/130
Current International Class:	2301
Field of Search:	;D24/127,130,112-113,186,133 ;606/181,185 ;604/533,534,284,115,19,48,164.01-164.09 ;600/226,372-374,585,114 ;128/200.24,207.14,207.15

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Primary Examiner: Delehanty; Robert
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Dykema Gossett PLLC

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a control handle for a medical device showing a new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a back view thereof;

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

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof.

The broken lines are for purposes of illustration only and form no part of the claimed design. FIGS. 1-7 are lined to represent the colors gray and green.

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