Absorbable surgical fastener
CA 2024270 C · Owner: Geiste, Robert J. · Inventors: Green, David T.; Geiste, Robert J.; Bolanos, Henry
Overview
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14-, A bioabsorbable surgical fastener comprising a fastener member and an interlocking retainer member. The retainer member has longitudinally extending slots on the lateral sides of the retainer for allowing transverse expansion of the columnar members into which the prongs of the fastener member are locked. Fins on both the lateral and transverse sides of the prongs provide extra strength and stability during implantation. Stopping surfaces prevent the fastener's barbed tip from exiting the opposite side of the retainer.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed August 29, 1990 and granted February 27, 1996. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 29, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 29, 2012.
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