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Expansible shearing catheters for thrombus and occlusive material removal

EP 1272110 B1 · Applicant: Bacchus Vascular Inc.

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  • Filed March 30, 2001 and granted May 4, 2011. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 30, 2021.
  • 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 September 30, 2026.
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FiledMarch 30, 2001
PublishedJanuary 8, 2003
GrantedMay 4, 2011
Term endedMarch 30, 2021
Application numberEP 01926502
Classification (CPC)A61B17/221 +2 more

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