Patent
   D426635
Priority
Aug 18 1998
Filed
Aug 18 1998
Issued
Jun 13 2000
Expiry
Jun 13 2014
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a combination trocar, cannula, and valve, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the combination trocar, cannula, and valve showing the design of our invention;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 1.

The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and do not form part of the claimed design.

Haberland, Gary W., Flynn, Stephen J., Hasslinger, Randall J.

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