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						Patent
 
						   D700698
 
					 
				 
				
					
						Priority
 
						Feb 16 2006
					 
				 
				
					
						Filed
						Nov 09 2012
 
					 
				 
				
					
						Issued
						Mar 04 2014
					 
				 
				
					
						Expiry
						Mar 04 2028
					   
					   						
					 
				 
				
					
						
						
					 
				 
				
					
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			  We claim the ornamental design for a surgical instrument, as shown and described.
			  
			 
		 
	 
 
	
FIG. 1  is a top, left, front perspective view of a surgical instrument according to our design;
FIG. 2  is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 3  is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 4  is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 5  is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 6  is a front elevation view thereof; and,
FIG. 7  is a rear elevation view thereof.
The broken line portion of the figure drawings is included to show unclaimed subject matter only for the purpose of illustrating environment and forms no part of the claimed design.
In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this product is a surgical instrument that is configured to insert an implant into a body, such as an intervertebral implant between adjacent vertebrae.
 
	
	Evans, David E. , Kephart, Douglas S. 
	
	
	
	
	  
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