Patent
   D744646
Priority
May 12 2009
Filed
Jul 02 2013
Issued
Dec 01 2015
Expiry
Dec 01 2029
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a surgical fastener, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a surgical fastener, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the surgical fastener shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the surgical fastener shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the surgical fastener shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front elevation view of the surgical fastener shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view of the surgical fastener shown in FIG. 1.

Nering, Robert, Cohn, Simon, Jarrett, Jeremy David, Miksza, Anthony, Daniel, Matthew David

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