METHOD AND DEVICE TO DO ARTERIOGRAPHIES AND ANGIOGRAPHIES WITH A BALLOON WITHOUT INJECTING CONTRAST MEDIA IN THE VESSEL LUMEN - Patent 1318852

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EP 1 318 852 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	12.09.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	18.06.2003 Bulletin 2003/25

(21)	Application number: 01973005.0

(22)	Date of filing: 11.09.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61M 25/10

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0128/544

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0202/2199 (21.03.2002 Gazette 2002/12)

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

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Priority:

11.09.2000 US 659806

(71)	Applicant: Solutions for Vascular Intervention, Inc.
	Ashland, MA 01721 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Parodi, Juan C. Buenos Aires,Argentina (AR)

(74)	Representative: Brown, David Leslie
	Haseltine, Lake & Co,Imperial House,15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD London WC2B 6UD (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND DEVICE TO DO ARTERIOGRAPHIES AND ANGIOGRAPHIES WITH A BALLOON WITHOUT INJECTING CONTRAST MEDIA IN THE VESSEL LUMEN