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Dilatation catheter with eccentric balloon

EP 0715531 B1 · Applicant: Cordis Corporation

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  • Filed August 24, 1994 and granted November 21, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 24, 2014.
  • 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 February 24, 2020.
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FiledAugust 24, 1994
PublishedJune 12, 1996
GrantedNovember 21, 2001
Term endedAugust 24, 2014
Application numberEP 94927289
Classification (CPC)A61M25/1002

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedAug 24, 1994PublishedJune 12, 1996Patent grantedNov 21, 2001Term endedAug 24, 2014

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