Soft tissue spacer
CA 2568941 C · Owner: Synthes (U.S.A.) · Inventors: Griffiths, Bryan; Hamel, Ross J.
Overview
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An orthopedic tissue spacer (10) comprising a body portion having first and second ends (16, 18), an outer surface (14) and a longitudinal axis at least , one of the ends (16, 18) configured to engage a first bone segment wherein at , least a portion of the body portion is flexible and the outer surface is configured to resist tissue adhesion thereto.
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- Filed June 3, 2005 and granted April 1, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 3, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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