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(11) EP 0 804 127 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
05.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/45

(21) Application number: 95927528.0

(22) Date of filing: 27.07.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61L 27/ 36( . )
A61L 27/ 38( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1995/009590
(87) International publication number:
WO 1996/003093 (08.02.1996 Gazette 1996/07)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 28.07.1994 US 19940282059

(71) Applicants:
  • Vesely, Ivan
    CLeveland Heights, OH 44121 (US)
  • Noseworthy, Ronald
    London, Ontario N6G 1N6 (CA)
  • Pringle, Gordon
    London, Ontario N6G 3S9 (CA)

(72) Inventors:
  • Vesely, Ivan
    CLeveland Heights, OH 44121 (US)
  • Noseworthy, Ronald
    London, Ontario N6G 1N6 (CA)
  • Pringle, Gordon
    London, Ontario N6G 3S9 (CA)

(74) Representative: Wallace, Sheila Jane 
Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co., Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1LW
London WC1A 1LW (GB)

   


(54) BIOPROSTHETIC IMPLANTS AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME