Endoscopic dissector
CA 2597479 C · Owner: Medical Device Innovations Limited · Inventors: Smeulders, Markus Jacobus Christianus; Stanley, John Knowles; Braams, Marjorie Juliette Inviolata
Overview
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A dissection device comprising an elongate cannula having proximal and distal ends and a central axis and arranged to receive at least a remote viewing device therein, a handle arranged to be attached to the proximal end of the elongate cannula and a dissection tip arranged to be attached to the distal end of the elongate cannula, the dissection tip comprising a curved hollow shroud that when the dissection tip is orientated for use defines a substantially concave working cavity having an open underside the hollow , shroud comprising a pair of laterally extending lateral extensions each wing , extending from an opposing lateral portion of the periphery of the hollow shroud.
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- Filed February 10, 2006 and granted July 23, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 10, 2026.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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