BIOPROTHESIS FILM STRIP FOR SURGICAL STAPLER AND METHOD OF ATTACHING THE SAME - Patent 1011477

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EP 1 011 477 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	28.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/26

(21)	Application number: 98910121.7

(22)	Date of filing: 03.03.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61B 17/072, A61B 17/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9804/028

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9838/923 (11.09.1998 Gazette 1998/36)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE ES FR GB IT LI

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Priority:

04.03.1997 US 810054

(71)	Applicant: Medtronic Inc.
	Minneapolis, MN 55432 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	MYERS, David, J. Garden Grove, CA 92645 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hughes, Andrea Michelle et al
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	BIOPROTHESIS FILM STRIP FOR SURGICAL STAPLER AND METHOD OF ATTACHING THE SAME