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Device for sealing puncture wounds

EP 0482350 B1 · Applicant: DATASCOPE INVESTMENT CORP.

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  • Filed September 18, 1991 and granted December 27, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 18, 2011.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by March 18, 2017.
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FiledSeptember 18, 1991
PublishedApril 29, 1992
GrantedDecember 27, 1996
Term endedSeptember 18, 2011
Application numberEP 91115844
Classification (CPC)A61B17/0057

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedSep 18, 1991PublishedApril 29, 1992Patent grantedDec 27, 1996Term endedSep 18, 2011

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