METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FORMING A CONDUIT BETWEEN A TARGET VESSEL AND A BLOOD SOURCE - Patent 1094753

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EP 1 094 753 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	02.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/18

(21)	Application number: 00932040.9

(22)	Date of filing: 03.05.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61B 17/04

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0012/073

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0066/009 (09.11.2000 Gazette 2000/45)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

03.05.1999 US 304141

(71)	Applicant: Ventrica, Inc.
	Menlo Park, CA 94025 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	FOLEY, Mark, J. Menlo Park, CA 94304 (US) GITTINGS, Darin, C. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (US)

(74)	Representative: Kazi, Ilya et al
	Mathys & Squire,100 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8AL London WC1X 8AL (GB)

(54)	METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FORMING A CONDUIT BETWEEN A TARGET VESSEL AND A BLOOD SOURCE