Appeal 2006-3416
Application 10/884,751
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Jaime Vargas et al. (Appellants) seek our review under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of
the final rejection of claims 3, 11-14, and 17-21, which are all of the pending
claims. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) (2002).
SUMMARY OF DECISION
We REVERSE and ENTER NEW GROUNDS OF REJECTION.
THE INVENTION
The Appellants’ claimed invention is to an anastomosis device for forming a
sutureless connection between two blood vessels (Specification 1). Claims 11 and
20, reproduced below, are representative of the subject matter on appeal.
11. An anastomosis device, comprising:
a central region; and
a first flange connected to the distal end of said
central region and deployable from a first position to an
expanded position, wherein said first flange includes at
least one multi-sided first flange element.
20. An anastomosis device, comprising:
a first flange deployable from a first position to an
expanded position, wherein said first flange includes at
least one multi-sided first flange element; and
a second flange proximal to said first flange and
deployable to an expanded position, wherein said second
flange includes at least one multi-sided second flange
element.
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