CATHETER APPARATUS HAVING AN IMPROVED SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOY CUFF AND INFLATABLE ON-DEMAND BALLOON FOR CREATING A BYPASS GRAFT IN VIVO - Patent 1077662

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EP 1 077 662 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	28.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/09

(21)	Application number: 99916657.2

(22)	Date of filing: 13.04.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61F 11/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9908/040

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9952/481 (21.10.1999 Gazette 1999/42)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE DE ES FR GB NL SE

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Priority:

16.04.1998 US 60958

(71)	Applicant: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
	Boston, MA 02215 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	KIM, Ducksoo Dover, MA 02030 (US)

(74)	Representative: Eyles, Christopher Thomas
	W.P. THOMPSON & CO.Celcon House289-293 High Holborn London WC1V 7HU London WC1V 7HU (GB)

(54)	CATHETER APPARATUS HAVING AN IMPROVED SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOY CUFF AND INFLATABLE ON-DEMAND BALLOON FOR CREATING A BYPASS GRAFT IN VIVO