Illuminated foot-switch
CA 2489092 C · Owner: Blaha, Derek M. · Inventors: Gregg, William N.; Blaha, Derek M.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A control system for an electrosurgical instrument includes a housing selectively positionable relative to an operating theater with the housing being coupled to an electrosurgical energy source. The system also includes at least one foot-activatable pedal operatively engaged with the housing which has indicia identifying the function of the pedal disposed thereon. Illuminating means are also included with the system which illuminating means are designed to illuminate at least a portion of the pedal which in turn , illuminates the indicia.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed May 29, 2003 and granted July 24, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 29, 2023.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 29, 2025.
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