Cannula assembly having conductive cannula
CA 2093880 C · Owner: Green, David T. · Inventors: Tovey, H. Jonathan; Bolanos, Henry; Green, David T.
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A conductive cannula assembly is disclosed to dissipate possible, accumulated electrical charges through body tissue. The cannula assembly includes cannula housing means and cannula means formed of a material having an electrical conductivity value which is at least fifty percent the conductivity value of silver. The invention also includes cannula assembly accessories formed of a material having an electrical conductivity value which is at least fifty percent the conductivity value of silver. The invention further provides a method for guiding endoscopic instruments into body tissue utilizing the cannula assembly and the cannula assembly accessories of the present invention.
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- Filed April 13, 1993 and granted November 18, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 13, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 13, 2015.
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