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Expansible implant for vascular embolization and method of making the same

EP 1693009 B1 · Applicant: Microvention, Inc.

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  • Filed July 2, 1999 and granted May 11, 2011. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 2, 2019.
  • 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 2, 2025.
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FiledJuly 2, 1999
PublishedAugust 23, 2006
GrantedMay 11, 2011
Term endedJuly 2, 2019
Application numberEP 06111123
Classification (CPC)A61B34/10 +2 more

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