Tubular surgical cutting instruments
CA 2089810 C · Owner: Sastri, Suri A. · Inventors: Sastri, Suri A.
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A surgical instrument for use in endoscopic surgical procedures having an outer elongated tubular member and a concentric inner elongated tubular member positioned in and rotatable within the outer tubular member having an opening in its distal end and the inner tubular member having a cutting edge positioned at its distal end so as to coincide with and be exposable through the opening in the outer tubular member to effect the cutting of tissue and the removal of tissue by aspiration, a coating of a metal from the group consisting of silver and gold extending substantially around the circumferential surface of at least one of the outer surface of the inner tubular member or the inner …
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- Filed August 13, 1991 and granted December 29, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 13, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 13, 2013.
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