Patent
   D685907
Priority
Dec 15 2011
Filed
Mar 28 2012
Issued
Jul 09 2013
Expiry
Jul 09 2027
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Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a handle for a surgical instrument, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a right perspective view of a handle for a surgical instrument;

FIG. 2 is a left perspective view of the handle for a surgical instrument of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the handle for a surgical instrument of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a back end view of the handle for a surgical instrument of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the handle for a surgical instrument of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the handle for a surgical instrument of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a front end view of the handle for a surgical instrument of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the handle for a surgical instrument of FIG. 1.

The broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded areas 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. The wire frame lines shown throughout the views are intended to indicate surface contour and are not intended to be surface ornamentation.

Triplett, Daniel J., Park, Adrian

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