Appeal No. 2000-0180
Application No. 08/539,943
having a lumen with a port proximal of the balloon through
which therapeutic or diagnostic agents may be delivered
(specification, page 1, claims 1, 3 and 4). In addition,
appellant’s invention involves a vaso-occlusive agent delivery
assembly (claims 5 through 8 and 14), a method for delivering
a vaso-occlusive agent to a desired occlusion site in the body
(claims 9 through 12), and a method for isolating a desired
site in the body for fluid communication with a port in a
catheter (claim 13). Independent claims 1, 5, 9 and 13 are
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 relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Samson 5,304,198 Apr. 19,
1994
Goy 5,413,581 May 9,
1995
Sugawara et al. (Sugawara), “Experimental Investigations
Concerning a New Liquid Embolization Method: Combined
Administration of Ethanol-estrogen and Polyvinyl Acetate,” 33
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