Surgical helical fastener with applicator
CA 2351901 C · Owner: Hodges, Brian A. · Inventors: Lunsford, John; Mccoy, Tim; Hodges, Brian A.
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An applicator for attaching fasteners to body tissue comprising a distal portion having an elongate outer tube a connecting end and a terminal end. There is a proximal portion having a handle and an actuator. The proximal portion is attached to the connecting end of the distal portion. A rotator is contained in the outer tube and the rotator is adapted to receive a plurality of fasteners and to cooperate with the actuator. A nose piece attached to the terminal end is provided for threading and ejecting the fasteners out of the terminal end.
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- Filed June 7, 1995 and granted January 28, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 7, 2015.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 7, 2017.
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