A POPULATION OF INTRALUMINAL PROSTHESES HAVING UNIFORM CHARACTERISTICS AND A PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Patent 0928169

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EP 0 928 169 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	14.07.1999 Bulletin 1999/28

(21)	Application number: 97930209.0

(22)	Date of filing: 23.06.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61F 2/ 06^{( . )}
A61F 2/ 90^{( . )}
A61F 2/ 82^{( . )}

A61F 2/ 84^{( . )}
A61F 2/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/010924

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/049353 (31.12.1997 Gazette 1998/05)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB NL

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Priority:

25.06.1996 US P 20963

(71)	Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
	Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	KIM, Steven, W. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (US)

(74)	Representative: Merrifield, Sarah Elizabeth, et al
	Boult Wade Tennant 27 Furnival Street London EC4A 1PQ London EC4A 1PQ (GB)

(54)	A POPULATION OF INTRALUMINAL PROSTHESES HAVING UNIFORM CHARACTERISTICS AND A PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME