Appeal No. 2000-1948 Page 2
Application No. 08/751,087
We REVERSE.
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a device for
delivering, positioning and releasing, within a body lumen, a
self-expandable implant (claims 2 to 5, 12 and 16) and a
method for selectively delivering, positioning and releasing,
within a body lumen, a self-expandable implant having leading
and trailing ends (claim 17). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Williams et al. 5,391,172 Feb. 21,
1995
(Williams)
Braunschweiler et al. 5,484,444 Jan. 16,
1996
(Braunschweiler)
Lukic et al. 5,709,703 Jan. 20,
1998
(Lukic)
Robinson et al. 5,733,325 Mar. 31,
1998
(Robinson)
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007