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US 1,087,407 · App. 29/937,808 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Low profile staple

Inventors: Jeremy Webster Blair (Atlanta, GA); Jack Cabell Griffis (Vero Beach, FL)
Assignee: MEDSHAPE, INC.
A61B17/0642A61B17/0644A61B2017/00867A61B2017/0645
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Patent No.
US 1,087,407
App. No.
29/937,808
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a low profile staple as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATORY GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN UNITED STATES PATENTS Recorded Dec 8, 2025
From: DJO, LLC; EMPI INC.; ENCORE MEDICAL, L.P.; LIMA USA, INC.; LITECURE, LLC; MEDSHAPE, INC.; TRILLIANT SURGICAL, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 073888/0915 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2024
From: BLAIR, JEREMY WEBSTER; GRIFFIS, JACK CABELL, III
To: MEDSHAPE, INC.
Reel/Frame 067291/0179 →
Continuity (10)
Continuation 29875049 · Apr 28, 2023
Continuation 29845472 · Jul 7, 2022
Continuation 17472956 · Sep 13, 2021
Continuation 17004789 · Aug 27, 2020
Division 29748166 · Aug 27, 2020
Continuation In Part 16393489 · Apr 24, 2019
Continuation In Part 16393489 · Apr 24, 2019
Continuation 16058638 · Aug 8, 2018
Continuation In Part 29659375 · Aug 8, 2018
Continuation In Part 29659375 · Aug 8, 2018
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