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Steerable infusion guide wire

EP 0509084 B1 · Applicant: LAKE REGION MANUFACTURING CO. INC.

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  • Filed October 28, 1991 and granted January 14, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 28, 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 April 28, 2017.
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FiledOctober 28, 1991
PublishedOctober 21, 1992
GrantedJanuary 14, 1998
Term endedOctober 28, 2011
Application numberEP 92900016
Classification (CPC)A61M25/09

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 28, 1991PublishedOct 21, 1992Patent grantedJan 14, 1998Term endedOct 28, 2011

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