Instrument for fine-mechanical or surgical applications
CA 2553519 C · Owner: Technische Universiteit Delft · Inventors: Breedveld, Paul; Scheltes, Jules Serge
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
The invention relates to an instrument for high-precision or surgical applications of a minimally invasive nature comprising a distally positioned , directable head a shaft upon which the head is positioned and a proximally , positioned handgrip for operating the head wherein a ring of cables , comprising longitudinally extending cables connects to the head wherein each cable of , the , ring of cables is disposed such that at least a part of both sides is in direct contact , with another cable of the ring of cables and wherein the cables are fixedly , secured in the radial direction.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed January 5, 2005 and granted June 18, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 5, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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