DePuy Distal Cutting Block Design Patent, Apr 28
Summary
DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company received US Design Patent USD1124333S1 for a Distal cutting block on April 28, 2026. The patent, filed January 22, 2024 under application number 29924876, lists 6 inventors and contains 1 claim. Design patents protect the ornamental appearance of a medical device rather than its functional aspects.
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USPTO classification A61B covers diagnostic, surgical, and identification instruments: imaging systems, surgical robots, biosignal sensors, endoscopes, biopsy tools, surgical navigation, wearable diagnostic patches, and any device that goes near a patient for measurement or intervention. This feed tracks every patent grant in A61B, around 475 a month, with the patent number, title, applicant, inventor names, and abstract. Watch this if you compete in medical devices, file freedom-to-operate analyses, scout acquisition targets in surgical robotics or imaging, or track what hospitals' R&D arms are quietly patenting. GovPing pulls each grant as it publishes on the USPTO's official feed.
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USPTO granted Design Patent USD1124333S1 to DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company for a Distal cutting block design, a surgical instrument used in orthopedic procedures. The patent was applied for on January 22, 2024, under application number 29924876, and names Sarah E. Radcliffe, Kevin M. Amesbury, Sheetal Sanak, David R. Wolfson, James E. Barnett, and Daniel P. Hoeffel as inventors.
The primary implication for DePuy Ireland is the exclusive ornamental design rights for this surgical cutting block in the United States for the duration of the design patent term. Competitors in the medical device space should review this design to ensure their own products do not infringe the protected ornamental appearance.
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Distal cutting block
Design USD1124333S1 Kind: S1 Apr 28, 2026
Assignee
DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company
Inventors
Sarah E. Radcliffe, Kevin M. Amesbury, Sheetal Sanak, David R. Wolfson, James E. Barnett, Daniel P. Hoeffel
CPC Classifications
A61B 18/1482 A61B 1/0008 A61B 17/1631
Filing Date
2024-01-22
Application No.
29924876
Claims
1
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