Patent
   D946143
Priority
Mar 17 1999
Filed
Aug 16 2021
Issued
Mar 15 2022
Expiry
Mar 15 2037
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a tool for adjusting an implantable adjustable fluid flow control valve, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a design of a locator tool;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the design of the locator tool;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the design of the locator tool;

FIG. 4 is a rear top perspective view of the design of the locator tool;

FIG. 5 is a rear bottom perspective view of the design of the locator tool;

FIG. 6 is a first side elevation view of the design of the locator tool;

FIG. 7 is a second side elevation view of the design of the locator tool;

FIG. 8 is a third side elevation view of the design of the locator tool;

FIG. 9 is a fourth side elevation view of the design of the locator tool; and,

FIG. 10 is a cross-section view of the design of the locator tool taken along line 10-10 of FIG. 2.

The even broken lines in the drawings is for illustrating environment only and forms no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines define the bounds of the claim design and form no part thereof.

Bertrand, William J., Lintula, Leanne M., Porche, Leonard

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Mar 31 1999BERTRAND, WILLIAM J Medtronic, IncASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0575400558 pdf
Mar 31 1999LINTULA, LEANNE M Medtronic, IncASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0575400558 pdf
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