Apparatus for applying surgical clips
CA 2197152 C · Owner: Nagori, Vinod C. · Inventors: Reed, Scott W.; Aranyi, Ernie; Nagori, Vinod C.
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An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue is disclosed having a handle assembly and an elongated body portion extending distally from the handle assembly. A jaw assembly is mounted at a distal end portion of the elongated body portion and includes first and second jaws movable between an open position and a closed position. An actuator is disclosed which is slidable within the elongated body portion in response to actuation of the handle assembly. The actuator has camming structure at a distal portion thereof for moving the first and second jaws between the open position and the closed position. A loading unit is releasably mounted to the elongated body portion and …
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- Filed February 10, 1997 and granted April 15, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 10, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 10, 2019.
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