Patent
   D843574
Priority
Jun 08 2017
Filed
Jun 08 2017
Issued
Mar 19 2019
Expiry
Mar 19 2034
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a knife for open vessel sealer, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a front, left perspective view of a knife for open vessel sealer in accordance with the present design;

FIG. 2 is a front, right perspective view of the knife for open vessel sealer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the knife for open vessel sealer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the knife for open vessel sealer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the knife for open vessel sealer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the knife for open vessel sealer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the knife for open vessel sealer of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the knife for open vessel sealer of FIG. 1.

Goodman, Kelley D.

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