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(11) EP 1 011 531 A1

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

(21) Application number: 98912677.6

(22) Date of filing: 23.04.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61F 2/06
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB9800/617
(87) International publication number:
WO 9847/446 (29.10.1998 Gazette 1998/43)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IE IT NL

(30) Priority: 24.04.1997 IT BO970245

(71) Applicant: Ave Galway Limited
Galway (IE)

(72) Inventor:
  • BORGHI, Enzo
    I-40054 Budrio (IT)

(74) Representative: Bayliss, Geoffrey Cyril et al
BOULT WADE TENNANT,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT
London WC1X 8BT (GB)

   


(54) DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING AN ANCHORAGE WHEN IMPLANTING BIFURCATED STENTS