SHAPE CONTROL OF CATHETERS BY USE OF MOVABLE INNER TUBE - Patent 0854739

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EP 0 854 739 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	29.07.1998 Bulletin 1998/31

(21)	Application number: 96933113.0

(22)	Date of filing: 25.09.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61M 25/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/015307

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/013542 (17.04.1997 Gazette 1997/17)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT

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Priority:

10.10.1995 US 19950544399

(71)	Applicant: CARDIAC PATHWAYS CORPORATION
	Sunnyvale, California 94086 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GALEL, Zev Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 (US) KILICCI, Cem San Francisco, CA 94114 (US) KAMDAR, Kirti Sunnyvalle, CA 94086 (US)

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

(54)	SHAPE CONTROL OF CATHETERS BY USE OF MOVABLE INNER TUBE