Surgical stapling instrument
CA 2413140 C · Owner: Neurohr, Mark · Inventors: Csiky, Laszlo; Bilotti, Federico; Neurohr, Mark
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A surgical stapling instrument comprises a frame having a body portion and a handle. A staple fastening assembly is provided in the distal region of the instrument and includes a cartridge device, which comprises at least one closed row of staples, and an anvil movable relative to the cartridge device and adapted to cooperate with the cartridge device for forming the ends of the staples exiting from the cartridge device. A knife having a closed cutting edge is , contained within the cartridge do-vice and is positioned such that there is at least one closed row of staples on the outside of the cutting edge, moveable towards the anvil. The closed row of staples is arranged along a …
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- Filed November 28, 2002 and granted March 8, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 28, 2022.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 28, 2024.
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