Suturing apparatus
CA 2079259 C · Owner: Richardson, Philip · Inventors: Richardson, Philip; Richardson, Margaret Pamela
Overview
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Surgical suturing apparatus comprises upper and lower jaw elements selectively movable relative to one another between open and closed position. Each jaw element is provided with a respective recess arranged to receive a portion of an elongate incision member or length of surgical thread and securing means is provided arranged to selectively secure the surgical incision member or length of surgical thread in a respective recess. The jaw elements are typically provided at an end of an elongated positioning and operating arm making the device particularly useful for use in laparoscopic surgery.
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- Filed September 28, 1992 and granted November 10, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 28, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by September 28, 2014.
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