Surgical suture passer
CA 2443714 A1 · Owner: Rocheleau, Gary A. · Inventors: Westrum, John W. Jr.; Kovac, Robert S.; Rocheleau, Gary A.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A surgical instrument for suturing soft tissue is disclosed. The surgical instrument is capable of probing tissue and preferably provides tactile , feedback concerning the condition of the tissue. The instrument can then be used to pass and retrieve a suture without the need for an additional suture retrieval tool.
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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 May 24, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 24, 2022.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 24, 2024.
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