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US 1,097,148 · App. 29/931,377 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Handle for a combined sealer, divider and dissector device

Inventors: Patricia Jurek (Bromfield, CO); Clayton Cole (Longmont, CO); Christopher Deborski (Denver, CO); Serge Dubeau (Plymouth, MN); Keir Hart (Lafayette, CO); Russ Hempstead (Lafayette, CO); Ryan Smith (Thornton, CO); Jorge Trevino Blanco (Santa Clara, CO); Timothy Crowley (Arvada, CO)
Assignee: Bolder Surgical, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,097,148
App. No.
29/931,377
Filed
Mar 6, 2024
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
S1
Art Unit
2915
USPC
D24/133
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a handle for a combined sealer, divider and dissector device, as shown and described.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2026
From: BIOTHERANOSTICS, INC.; GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED; GEN-PROBE PRODESSE, INC.; CYTYC CORPORATION; SUROS SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.; GYNESONICS, INC.; BOLDER SURGICAL, LLC; FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC; HEALTH BEACONS, INC.; HOLOGIC, INC.
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 075462/0440 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2026
From: BIOTHERANOSTICS, INC.; GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED; GEN-PROBE PRODESSE, INC.; CYTYC CORPORATION; SUROS SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.; GYNESONICS, INC.; BOLDER SURGICAL, LLC; FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC; HEALTH BEACONS, INC.; HOLOGIC, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 075926/0339 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2024
From: JUREK, PATRICIA; COLE, CLAYTON; CROWLEY, TIMOTHY; DEBORSKI, CHRISTOPHER; DUBEAU, SERGE; HART, KEIR; HEMPSTEAD, RUSS; SMITH, RYAN; TREVINO BLANCO, JORGE
To: BOLDER SURGICAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 066673/0457 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation 29750134 · Sep 11, 2020
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