FIG. 1 is a side view of a surgical forceps having a textured region to enhance grasping by the thumb and forefinger of the user in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a top view thereof, wherein the bottom view is the same as the top view;
FIG. 3 is front perspective view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a side view thereof, shown in an open position;
FIG. 5 is a side view thereof, shown in a closed position;
FIG. 6 is a side view of a second embodiment of a surgical forceps having a textured region to enhance grasping by the thumb and forefinger in accordance with the present invention, shown in an open position;
FIG. 7 is a side view thereof, shown in a closed position;
FIG. 8 is a top view thereof, wherein the bottom view is the same as the top view;
FIG. 9 is a back perspective view thereof;
FIG. 10 is a top view of an upper portion of a third embodiment of a surgical forceps of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a side view thereof;
FIG. 12 is a side view of the upper portion and a lower portion of the contoured forceps of the third embodiment of the present invention, shown in an open position;
FIG. 13 is a side view thereof, shown in a closed position; and,
FIG. 14 is a top view thereof.
The broken lines showing in the figures are included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the surgical forceps and form no part of the claimed design.
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