Improved stapler and firing device
CA 2361957 C · Owner: Foslien, Floyd · Inventors: Plyley, Alan K.; Vidal, Claude; Foslien, Floyd
Overview
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An improved stapler firing assembly and a surgical stapler are disclosed. The stapler comprises structural members having handle and base parts with opposite sides and jaw parts projecting from the handle and base parts. The stapler includes a mechanism for releasable engagement between an elongate locking member and the structural members comprising a lever lock including a hook portion adapted to pass through a slot in a base part. The lever lock is mounted on the locking member and includes first and second release buttons and actuating means mounting the first and second release buttons on opposite sides of the locking member for movement between first and second positions with respect …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 20, 1991 and granted July 16, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 20, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 20, 2013.
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