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System for controlling tissue ablation using temperature sensors

EP 0768841 B1 · Applicant: Boston Scientific Limited

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  • Filed October 14, 1994 and granted December 3, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 14, 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 April 14, 2020.
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FiledOctober 14, 1994
PublishedApril 23, 1997
GrantedDecember 3, 2003
Term endedOctober 14, 2014
Application numberEP 95900364
Classification (CPC)A61B18/00 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedOct 14, 1994PublishedApril 23, 1997Patent grantedDec 3, 2003Term endedOct 14, 2014

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