Surgical fastening device
CA 2101294 C · Owner: Young, Wayne P. · Inventors: Bolanos, Henry; Green, David T.; Mastri, Dominick L.
Overview
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A surgical instrument for placing fasteners and/or a reinforcement material in tissue is provided. Structure is provided for advancing the fasteners distally by an actuating handle means working in concert with a pusher means. The fasteners exit the fastener housing at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the device to facilitate visualization and placement at the.surgical site. A unique fastener may be formed in which the legs are in a substantially overlapping longitudinally-spaced relation.
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- Filed July 26, 1993 and granted April 29, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 26, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 26, 2015.
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