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(11) EP 0 786 971 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
06.08.1997 Bulletin 1997/32

(21) Application number: 95938853.0

(22) Date of filing: 19.10.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61F 2/ 06( . )
A61F 2/ 90( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1995/013651
(87) International publication number:
WO 1996/012449 (02.05.1996 Gazette 1996/20)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 19.10.1994 US 19940326024
30.05.1995 US 19950451270

(71) Applicant: Arterial Vascular Engineering, Inc.
Santa Rosa, California 95403 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BIRDSALL, Matthew
    Santa Rosa, CA 95405 (US)
  • JENDERSEE, Bradley
    Petaluma, CA 94954 (US)
  • LASHINSKI, Robert
    Windsor, CA 95492 (US)
  • BONEAU, Michael, D.
    Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (US)

(74) Representative: Bayliss, Geoffrey Cyril, et al 
BOULT WADE TENNANT, 27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ
London EC4A 1PQ (GB)

   


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