Appeal 2007-1451
Application 09/970,146
1 07. Maseda does not show an electrode disposed within the device that is
2 configured to actually make contact with tissue and transmit and receive
3 signals from the tissue to an electrical connector that is capable of
4 transmitting the signals to an electronic measuring device.
5 08. Maseda states that one of the reasons for its invention is to overcome the
6 concern with flexibility and steerability of coronary balloon catheter
7 devices (Maseda, col. 1, ll. 14-33), and that its device can mimic the
8 expansion of a balloon catheter device (col. 2, l. 63 – col. 3, l. 6).
9 Lieber
10 09. Lieber describes an invention that isolates the leads to electronic
11 elements within a balloon catheter without requiring a separate lumen
12 (Lieber, col. 1, ll. 62-66).
13 10. Lieber describes an electrode configured to transmit and receive cardiac
14 signals, where the electrode is threaded through a catheter medical
15 device (Lieber, col. 5, ll. 26-37).
16 11. The Appellants do not contend that Lieber’s electrode is not an electrode
17 coupled with the device body, where the at least one electrode is
18 configured to transmit and receive electrical signals to and from tissue.
19 12. Lieber describes its device containing the electrode as being a balloon
20 catheter that uses a balloon to propel the inflated balloon-tipped catheter
21 from the right atrium into the pulmonary artery (Lieber, col. 3, ll. 56-60).
22 13. The Appellants do not contend that any of the subject matter in claims 9-
23 10, 12-14, 16, 21-23, 26, 28-29, 33, and 58-69 are not found in the
24 combined teachings of Maseda and Lieber.
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