Liner for endoscope working channel
CA 2547264 C · Owner: Horne, Guy E. Jr. · Inventors: Horne, Guy E. Jr.
Overview
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A flexible endoscope insertion tube having at least one working channel extending in the axial direction of the flexible tube. One or more liners are in coaxial alignment with the distal end working channel of the tube. At least one ceramic tip liner may be disposed on the interior distal end of the endoscope working channel which protects the working channel from operational wear and tear.
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- Filed May 19, 2006 and granted May 8, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 19, 2026.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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