Patent
   D523554
Priority
Sep 25 2002
Filed
Dec 11 2003
Issued
Jun 20 2006
Expiry
Jun 20 2020
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a suture needle, as shown.

FIG. 1 is a left side elevation view of the suture needle of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the suture needle;

FIG. 3 is a back end view of the suture needle;

FIG. 4 is a front end view of the suture needle;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the suture needle;

FIG. 6 is a right side view elevation view of the suture needle; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the suture needle of the present invention.

Weisel, Thomas

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