Instrument for closing trocar puncture wounds
CA 2127630 A1 · Owner: United States Surgical Corporation · Inventors: Hinchliffe, Peter W. J.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A surgical instrument for applying sutures including an elongated housing having a proximal end and a distal end means associated with the distal end of the elongated housing for carrying at least one needle the needle carrier means being movable between a retracted position and an extended position at least one needle positioned on, the needle carrier means and means associated with the needle carrier means for moving the needle carrier means to the extended position to deploy the at least one needle such that upon movement of the needle carrier means by the moving means the needle carrier, moves from the retracted position to the extended position whereby the at least one needle is caused …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed July 8, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 8, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 8, 2016.
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