Medical implant and method for the manufacture thereof
CA 2014542 C · Owner: Japan Medical Supply Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Kawai, Tatsuya; Yoshimoto, Michiaki; Okada, Toshiyuki
Overview
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A medical implant is provided which can be safely implanted in the living body for extended periods of time. At least that portion of the implant which contacts the tissue comprises a porous material which is made of a vinyl alcohol polymer to which preferably, collagen has been chemically grafted.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed April 12, 1990 and granted December 25, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 12, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 12, 2012.
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