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Rotational and translational drive coupling for catheter assembly

EP 1199986 B1 · Applicant: Boston Scientific Limited

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  • Filed July 21, 2000 and granted June 1, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 21, 2020.
  • 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 January 21, 2026.
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FiledJuly 21, 2000
PublishedMay 2, 2002
GrantedJune 1, 2005
Term endedJuly 21, 2020
Application numberEP 00944151
Classification (CPC)A61B8/12 +2 more

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