Catheter clamp
CA 2045159 A1 · Owner: Gross, James R. · Inventors: Gross, James R.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A catheter clamp adapted to accommodate catheters of varying diameters, particularly CVP catheters and which is, adapted to secure the catheter to the skin by suturing irrespective of the distance the proximal end of the catheter extends from the body, the clamp being characterized by having top and bottom members hinged at one end whereby to be movable between an open position for receiving the catheter and a closed position for securing the catheter between the two members, the inner surfaces of each of the members being resilient whereby to engage the catheter securely therebetween when the members are brought into the closed position the, bottom member having at least two suturing eyes …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed June 21, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 21, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 21, 2013.
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