Appeal No. 2000-1759
Application No. 08/748,637
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant's specification and claims, to
the applied prior art references, to the declarations filed by
Morton J. Thoshinsky, M.D., and to the respective positions
articulated by appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we have made the determination that the examiner's
above-noted rejection will not be sustained. Our reasons follow.
In evaluating the prior art applied by the examiner, we note
that Choudhury discloses a method and device for permitting
intraluminal repair of an aneurysm (20) in a patient's aorta
(10). A primary object of the invention in Choudhury (col. 1,
lines 30-34) is to provide a method and article for performing an
aneurysm repair "which does not require major surgery and may
therefore be used on higher risk patients than conventional
excisional aneurysm surgery." More specifically, Choudhury
teaches a method of repairing a diseased portion (20) of a first
corporeal lumen (aorta 10) comprising the steps of:
intraluminally inserting a repair device (22) into a second
corporeal lumen (femoral artery 48) at a location remote from the
33
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007