COMBINED CORONARY STENT DEPLOYMENT AND LOCAL DELIVERY OF AN AGENT - Patent 0959933

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EP 0 959 933 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	01.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/48

(21)	Application number: 97922585.0

(22)	Date of filing: 02.05.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61N 1/ 30^{( . )}
A61F 2/ 82^{( . )}
A61F 2/ 00^{( . )}

A61F 2/ 06^{( . )}
A61F 2/ 84^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/007332

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/041916 (13.11.1997 Gazette 1997/49)

(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:

03.05.1996 US 19960642536

(71)	Applicant: Emed Corporation
	St. Paul, MN 55112 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	SHAPLAND, J., Edward Saint Paul,MN 55127-7143 (US) WALSH, Robert, G. Oakdale, MN 55128 (US) FOWLER, Jan, Ellen St. Paul, MN 55110 (US)

(74)	Representative: Plougmann, Vingtoft & Partners A/S
	Sankt Annae Plads 11, P.O. Box 3007 1021 Copenhagen K 1021 Copenhagen K (DK)

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