Catheter buttons
CA 1295908 C · Owner: Best Industries, Inc. · Inventors: Suthanthiran, Krishnan
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
The invention relates to a catheter button for sewing the exterior end of a tube surgically inserted in body tissue. The catheter button has a non-metallic body portion having a central opening extending therethrough. A metallic marker is integral with the body portion and a coupling element is provided for integrally holding the metallic marker on the exterior of the button body.
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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.
Why it's free to use
- Granted February 18, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 18, 2009.
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