Medical device
CA 2520175 A1 · Owner: Boston Scientific Limited · Inventors: Mirigian, Gregory E.; Lim, Elaine; Griffin, Stephen
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A medical device includes a shaft having an elongated inner tubular member and an elongated tubular reinforcing member disposed over a portion of the inner tubular member. In some embodiments, the reinforcing member is disposed about a proximal portion of the inner tubular member such that a distal portion of the inner tubular member is free from the reinforcing member. In some embodiments, the at least a portion of an outer surface of the inner tubular member is spaced from an inner surface of the reinforcing member. In some embodiments, the shaft can include a tip structure disposed on the distal portion of the inner tubular member. In some such embodiments reinforcing , member …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 25, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 25, 2023.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 25, 2025.
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