Kit for image guided surgical procedures
CA 2420635 A1 · Owner: Gailloud, Philippe Edmond · Inventors: Murphy, Kieran P.; Gailloud, Philippe Edmond
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
An embodiment of the present invention provides a kit of parts for use in a surgical, procedure performed under image guidance and particularly under real time , image guidance. The kit includes a sterilized drape for use with the chosen imaging machine, and which can be used to provide a sterile operating environment when the procedure is, performed under the imaging beam. The kit also includes a needle holder that can keep, the surgeon's hand away from the imaging beam. The needle holder is operable to hold a, needle that is made from a material suitable for piercing tissue but also , substantially, preserves the appearance of the needle when it is viewed under the imaging beam.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed February 28, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 28, 2023.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 28, 2025.
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