(19)
(11) EP 0 983 097 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
08.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/10

(21) Application number: 98922169.2

(22) Date of filing: 08.05.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61L 29/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US9809/495
(87) International publication number:
WO 9850/087 (12.11.1998 Gazette 1998/45)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB NL

(30) Priority: 08.05.1997 US 45953 P

(71) Applicant: Medtronic AVE, Inc.
Santa Rosa,California 95403 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • TEDESCHI, Eugene
    Still River, MA 01467 (US)
  • HUDSON, John
    Wells, ME 04090 (US)
  • WOLFGANG, Laurel
    Lowell, MA 01854 (US)

(74) Representative: Bauer, Friedrich, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Andrae Flach HaugPrinzregentenstrasse 24
83022 Rosenheim
83022 Rosenheim (DE)

   


(54) IMPROVED MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING DESIRABLE COMBINATION OF PROPERTIES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME