Retractor blade
Casey , et al. June 13, 2
Patent Grant D789530
U.S. patent number D789,530 [Application Number D/530,069] was granted by the patent office on 2017-06-13 for retractor blade. This patent grant is currently assigned to NuVasive, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is NuVasive, Inc.. Invention is credited to Niall Casey, Gurvinder S. Deol, Bradley Alan Heiges, Nitin Khanna, James Coleman Lee, Ali A. Shorooghi, Troy B. Woolley.
| United States Patent | D789,530 |
| Casey , et al. | June 13, 2017 |
Retractor blade
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a retractor blade, substantially as shown and described.
| Inventors: | Casey; Niall (San Diego, CA), Lee; James Coleman (San Diego, CA), Shorooghi; Ali A. (San Diego, CA), Deol; Gurvinder S. (Raleigh, NC), Heiges; Bradley Alan (Savannah, GA), Khanna; Nitin (Chicago, IL), Woolley; Troy B. (Erie, CO) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | NuVasive, Inc. (San Diego,
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| Family ID: | 53838277 | ||||||||||
| Appl. No.: | D/530,069 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | June 12, 2015 |
Related U.S. Patent Documents
| Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
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| 13601986 | Aug 31, 2012 | 9113853 | |||
| Current U.S. Class: | D24/135 |
| Current CPC Class: | A61F2/4455 20130101; A61F2/447 20130101; A61F2/30771 20130101; A61B17/7032 20130101; A61B90/30 20160201; A61B17/0218 20130101; A61F2/442 20130101; A61B17/0206 20130101; A61B17/025 20130101; A61B17/02 20130101; A61B17/863 20130101; A61F2002/30904 20130101; A61B2017/0256 20130101; A61B2017/00473 20130101; A61F2002/30828 20130101; A61B2090/306 20160201; A61B2017/00477 20130101; A61F2002/448 20130101; A61F2002/30593 20130101; A61F2002/30774 20130101 |
| Current International Class: | 2402 |
| Field of Search: | ;D24/135,136,133 |
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Assistant Examiner: McVey; Lauren
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Landau; Nicholas J. Marron; Michele P. Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Description
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a first embodiment of a retractor blade showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a back perspective view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a front view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a back view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a left side view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a right side view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment of a retractor blade showing our new design;
FIG. 8 is a back perspective view of FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a front view of FIG. 7;
FIG. 10 is a back view of FIG. 7;
FIG. 11 is a right side view of FIG. 7; and,
FIG. 12 is a left side view of FIG. 7.
The broken lines immediately adjacent the claim represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.
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