Appeal No. 1999-2790
Application No. 08/794,530
Appellant's invention relates to a stent assembly that
includes a stent that can be inserted into a desired
destination within a lumen of a hollow organ or other tubular
part of the body of an animal, including a human, and then
expanded to a desired size, locked in place for a designated
period of time, unlocked, contracted in size and then removed.
In addition, appellant's invention addresses a method for
supporting hollow organs or tubular parts of an animal's body
by utilizing the stent assembly described above. Independent
claims 1 and 10 are respectively representative of the subject
matter on appeal and a copy of those claims may be found in
the Appendix to appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner are:
Kreamer 4,740,207 Apr. 26,
1988
Wall 5,266,073
Nov. 30, 1993 (effectively
filed Dec. 8, 1987)
Claims 1, 5 through 10, 12 and 13 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by Wall.
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