APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING FLOW THROUGH A VESSEL OR DUCT - Patent 1363560

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EP 1 363 560 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.04.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	26.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/48

(21)	Application number: 02724886.3

(22)	Date of filing: 19.01.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61F 2/06

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0201/845

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0206/9842 (12.09.2002 Gazette 2002/37)

(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:

19.01.2001 US 262742 P

(71)	Applicant: Aboul-Hosn, Walid Najib
	Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Aboul-Hosn, Walid Najib Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (US)

(74)	Representative: Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis et al
	BERESFORD & Co.2-5 Warwick Court,High Holborn London WC1R 5DH London WC1R 5DH (GB)

(54)	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING FLOW THROUGH A VESSEL OR DUCT