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Method and apparatus for closing a body lumen

EP 1852141 A2 · Applicant: ev3 Endovascular, Inc.

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  • Filed September 20, 2000 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 20, 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 March 20, 2026.
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FiledSeptember 20, 2000
PublishedNovember 7, 2007
GrantedNever granted
Term endedSeptember 20, 2020
Application numberEP 07015361
Classification (CPC)A61B17/00234 +2 more

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