LESS INVASIVE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF CARDIAC VALVES - Patent 0836423

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EP 0 836 423 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	22.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/17

(21)	Application number: 96916756.0

(22)	Date of filing: 30.05.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 17/ 00^{( . )}
A61F 2/ 24^{( . )}

A61B 19/ 00^{( . )}
A61B 17/ 02^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/007970

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/039942 (19.12.1996 Gazette 1997/03)

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

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Priority:

07.06.1995 US 19950485600

(71)	Applicant: HEARTPORT, INC.
	Redwood City, California 94063 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GARRISON, Michi, E. Belmont, CA 94002 (US) DONLON, Brian, S. Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 (US) DANIEL, S., Christopher San Francisco, CA 94107 (US) STEVENS, John, H. London EC1N 3JH (GB)

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

(54)	LESS INVASIVE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF CARDIAC VALVES