Forceps and system using same
CA 2604704 C · Owner: Synthes (U.S.A.) · Inventors: Griffiths, Bryan James; Mcgarity, Owen Carlos
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A pair of forceps including first and second elongated members pivotally connected together. A handle and a head are defined at opposing ends of the first and second elongated members. In one preferred embodiment a threaded , cannula receiving chamber is disposed in the head and the elongated members , are separable via manipulation of the first and second elongated members with respect to each other.
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- Filed April 12, 2006 and granted October 21, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 12, 2026.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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