Actuator and holding device
CA 2243239 C · Owner: Abbott Laboratories · Inventors: Mehregany, Mehran; Pan, Jeffrey Y.
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An actuator and a method of controlling the actuator are disclosed. In one embodiment, the actuator is a valve (18) comprising a first port (26) and a second port (28) fluidly connected with the first port such that fluid communicates between the first port and the second port. A flexible member (22) is operatively connected with the first port and the second port. The flexible member is movable between a first position permitting fluid communication between the first port and the second port and a second position reducing fluid communication between the first port and the second port. A first controller (36) is operatively connected with the flexible member for moving the flexible …
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- Filed January 30, 1997 and granted April 30, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 30, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 30, 2019.
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