Expired Canadian patentCanada
Surgical instrument
CA 1069796 A · Owner: Downs Surgical Limited · Inventors: Hall, John E.
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Surgical instrument for applying tension to a metal cable secured to the spine in an operation for the correction of scoliosis.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
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- Granted January 15, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 15, 1997.
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GrantedJanuary 15, 1980
Term endedJanuary 15, 1997
Patent numberCA 1069796 A
Classification (IPC)A61B17/00 +2 more
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