HOLLOW VISCUS PROSTHESIS AND METHOD OF IMPLANTATION - Patent 0504262

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EP 0 504 262 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	23.09.1992 Bulletin 1992/39

(21)	Application number: 91901156.0

(22)	Date of filing: 07.12.1990

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61F 2/ 04^{( . )}
A61L 27/ 00^{( . )}
A61L 27/ 56^{( . )}

A61F 2/ 00^{( . )}
A61L 27/ 24^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1990/007233

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1991/008718 (27.06.1991 Gazette 1991/14)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

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Priority:

07.12.1989 US 19890447048

(71)	Applicant: BIOSYNTHESIS, INC.
	Salt Lake City, UT 84109 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ORTH, Jeffrey, L. Salt Lake City, UT 84124 (US) HOFFER, Richard, E. Park City, UT 84060 (US)

(74)	Representative: Bosotti, Luciano, et al
	c/o JACOBACCI & PERANI S.p.A. Corso Regio Parco, 27 I-10152 Torino I-10152 Torino (IT)

(54)	HOLLOW VISCUS PROSTHESIS AND METHOD OF IMPLANTATION