Localization needle assembly with reinforced needle structure
CA 2002763 C · Owner: O'Neill, William J. · Inventors: O'Neill, William J.
Overview
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A localization needle assembly includes an outer tubular cannula and a reinforced needle structure slidably mounted for movement within the outer cannula between extended and retracted portions, the needle structure defining a rearwardly extending barb which is contained within the outer cannula when the inner needle is extended while the surgeon locates a lesion. When the inner needle is retracted, the barb is deployed through an opening in the sidewall of the outer cannula for anchoring the localization needle assembly in body tissue in the proximity of the lesion.
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- Filed November 10, 1989 and granted June 25, 1996. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 10, 2009.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 10, 2011.
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