Surgical clip applier
CA 2080754 C · Owner: Ethicon, Inc. · Inventors: Schwemberber, Richard F.; Cropper, Michael S.; Zwaskis, William J.
Overview
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A surgical device and cooperating cartridge for applying surgical clips during endoscopic surgery. The surgical device includes a jaw assembly a barrel, assembly, and a handle assembly. The jaw assembly has movable jaw members, each including a substantially transverse grooved portion and at least one angular side shield extending inwardly from an upper and a lower portion of the jaw member. The jaw members are oriented at an angle of approximately 22° relative to the longitudinal axis of the barrel portion. The distal surface of each jaw member is oriented at an angle that extends distally and outwardly. The jaw members are insertable into a unique cooperating cartridge that retains the …
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- Filed October 16, 1992 and granted October 7, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 16, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 16, 2014.
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