Delivery catheter
CA 2323653 A1 · Owner: Salviac Limited · Inventors: Gilson, Paul
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A catheter (1) for transvascular deployment of a radially compressible medical device (16) has a tubular outer body (2) within which is slidably mounted an inner tubular sheath (3) which in turn houses a guide wire (4) which is axially movable through the sheath (3). The medical device (6) is mounted on the guide wire (4) and can be collapsed within the sheath (3) and body (2) for deployment. An outer distal end of the sheath (3) is provided with circumferentially spaced-apart axial slits (7) extending proximally from the distal end of the sheath (3) which sub-divide the distal end of the tubular side wall of the sheath (3) into a number of complementary tube sections (8) which are …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed April 1, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 1, 2019.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 1, 2021.
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