Owner Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc

Inventors Uth, Joshua; Byrum, Randal T.; Conlon, Sean P.

Agent Freehills

Pub. Number AU-B-2006202145

Priority 11/166625 24.06.05 US

Filing date 19 May 2006

Wipo publication date 11 January 2007

Acceptance publication date 23 August 2012

A61M 39/04 Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use

A61M 5/32 Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way - Needles

A61M 39/02 Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use - Access sites

A61B 17/00 Surgery

A61B 17/064 Surgery - Surgical staples

A61B 17/068 Surgery - Surgical staplers

A61M 5/142 Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way - Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps

A61M 39/12 Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use

A61N 1/05 Electrotherapy - for implantation or insertion into the body, e.g. heart electrode

A61N 1/375 Electrotherapy