Appeal No. 96-2562
Application 08/214,858
Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's
final rejection of claims 1, 3 through 5 and 14 through 16,
which are all of the claims remaining in this application.
Claims 2 and 6 through 13 have been canceled.
Appellants' invention relates to a detachable em-
bolic coil for use in a surgical instrument that allows such
coil to be delivered to a selected site within the vasculature
of the human body via use of a catheter. As explained on page
1 of appellants' specification, the invention more particu-
larly involves
an embolic coil having a radially enlarged
member attached to one end, which coil is
released by forcing the radially enlarged
member axially through a distendible aper-
ture situated on the distal end of a pusher
assembly.
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