Owner St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.

Inventors Hoffman, Drew; Crowe, John E.; Champsaur, Gerard; Tansey, Casey; Podmore, Jonathan; Vaska, Matthias; Miller, Gary Henry

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2003275243

PCT Number PCT/US03/30163

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/028233

Priority 10/255,134 24.09.02 US

Filing date 23 September 2003

Wipo publication date 19 April 2004

Acceptance publication date 2 April 2009

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