Appeal No. 1998-2830
Application No. 08/558,006
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner
finally rejecting claims 11-16, which constitute all of the
claims remaining of record in the application.
The appellant's invention is directed to a catheter. The
subject matter before us on appeal is illustrated by reference
to claim 11, which reads as follows:
11. A catheter comprising:
an elongate catheter body having a proximal end and a
distal end and having a central lumen from the proximal end to
the distal end adapted to slidably receive a therapeutic
catheter;
a soft tip fixedly attached to the elongate catheter body
adapted to removably lodge in the ostium of the right coronary
artery; and
the elongate catheter body being bendably formed near the
distal end to impinge against the opposite wall of the aorta
along a line wherein the line is proximal of the ostium of the
coronary artery.
The reference relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection is:
European Patent Application 0 277 366 A1 Aug. 10, 1988
(EPO ‘366)
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