Surgical clip applier
CA 2107635 C · Owner: Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. · Inventors: Green, David T.; Bolanos, Henry; Toso, Kenneth E.
Overview
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A surgical clip applicator comprising a housing a pair of handles, pivotally connected to oppasite sides of said housing and a jaw blade , assembly, fixedly connected to the housing. The jaw blade assembly includes a pair of jaws, for receiving and deforming a clip therebetween and a clip carrier for supplying, a series of clips to said jaws. A channel assembly is slidably mounted in the housing and envelops said jaw blade assembly. A forming cam is connected between and to said handles and said channel assembly fox sliding said channel assennbly in a distal direction in response to closing of said handles together to, move said jaws towards each other. A feed cam bar slidably mounted in …
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- Filed October 4, 1993 and granted August 17, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 4, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 4, 2015.
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