FIG. 1 is a front and side view of a double-cone sphincter introducer assembly and integrated valve assembly;
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view being a mirror image of the side view shown; and,
FIG. 7 is a top and right front perspective view thereof.
The broken lines in the drawings illustrate those features of the article to which the design is applied that form no part of the claim. The stippling in the drawings represents shading.
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