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Loading mechanism for a surgical suturing instrument
D378131 Loading mechanism for a surgical suturing instrument

Patent Drawings:
Inventor: Stone, et al.
Date Issued: February 18, 1997
Application: D/029,478
Filed: October 6, 1994
Inventors: Farascioni; David (Bethel, CT)
Stone; Corbett W. (Newtown, CT)
Zlock; Stephen W. (Hawthorne, NY)
Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation (Norwalk, CT)
Primary Examiner: Zarfas; Louis S.
Assistant Examiner: Simmons; I.
Attorney Or Agent:
U.S. Class: D24/145; D24/147
Field Of Search: D24/145; D24/146; D24/147; 606/139; 606/200
International Class:
U.S Patent Documents: D298967; D299270; 3456817; 3613901; 5152422; 5199565; 5411522
Foreign Patent Documents: 2260704
Other References:

Abstract:
Claim: The ornamental design for a loading mechanism for a surgical suturing instrument, as shown and described.
Description: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a loading mechanism for a surgical suturing instrument showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side elevational view being a mirror image thereto;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a loading mechanism for a surgical suturing instrument showing our new design;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view being identical thereof; the opposite side elevational view being identical thereto; and,

FIG. 9 is a top plan view thereof; the bottom plan view being identical to that shown in FIG. 6 .

The end elevational views of the second embodiment are identical to that shown in the FIGS. 2 and 5.

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