USD631154S1 - Probe handle tip - Google Patents
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- A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
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- A61B17/3417—Details of tips or shafts, e.g. grooves, expandable, bendable; Multiple coaxial sliding cannulas, e.g. for dilating
- A61B2017/3454—Details of tips
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- A61B2018/00571—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body for achieving a particular surgical effect
- A61B2018/00613—Irreversible electroporation
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The outer most broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded areas and the claimed areas represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines are directed to environment, and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.
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- The ornamental design for a probe handle tip, substantially as shown and described.
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