Owner Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

Inventors Vonesh, Michael J.; Davidson, Daniel F.; Matzen, Melissa J.; Williams, Joshua D.; Baty III, Ace M.; Cleek, Robert L.

Agent Griffith Hack

Pub. Number AU-B-2004299065

PCT Pub. Number WO2005/058198

Priority 60/529,207 11.12.03 US; 11/008,820 09.12.04 US

Filing date 10 December 2004

Wipo publication date 30 June 2005

Acceptance publication date 7 August 2008

A61B 17/12 (2006.01) Surgery - for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord

A61F 2/02 (2006.01) Filters - Prostheses implantable into the body

A61K 9/14 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Particulate form, e.g. powders

A61K 47/48 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - the non-active ingredient being chemically bound to the active ingredient, e.g. polymer drug conjugates

A61L 24/00 (2006.01) Surgical adhesives or cements

A61L 24/04 (2006.01) Surgical adhesives or cements

A61B 17/42 (2006.01) Surgery - Gynaecological or obstetrical instruments or methods