Endoprosthesis
CA 2006594 C · Owner: Johnson & Johnson · Inventors: Kranz, Curt
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
Endoprosthesis, in particular a hip joint prosthesis provided with a hollow shaft being implantable in a hollow space of a bone, being of a tubular and curved shape and diminishing with respect to its diameter and material cross-cut, whereby, from the end that is near to the joint towards the end that is far away from the point the, bending rigidity of the shaft diminishes to a relatively larger extent than the longitudinal rigidity of the shaft.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 22, 1989 and granted August 24, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 22, 2009.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 22, 2011.
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