Owner ICON Medical Corp.

Inventors Furst, Joseph G.; Buckman, Raymond W. Jr.; Patel, Udayan

Agent Spruson & Ferguson

Pub. Number AU-B-2006221058

PCT Pub. Number WO2006/096263

Priority 60/739,688 23.11.05 US; 60/694,881 29.06.05 US; 60/658,226 03.03.05 US; 60/694,891 29.06.05 US

Filing date 30 January 2006

Wipo publication date 14 September 2006

Acceptance publication date 2 February 2012

A61F 2/06 (2006.01) Filters - Blood vessels

A61L 33/00 (2006.01) Antithrombogenic treatment of surgical articles, e.g. sutures, catheters, prostheses, or of articles for the manipulation or conditioning of blood

B22F 1/00 (2006.01) Special treatment of metallic powder, e.g. to facilitate working, to improve properties

B22F 3/00 (2006.01) Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering

B22F 3/12 (2006.01) Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering - Both compacting and sintering

B22F 3/24 (2006.01) Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering - After-treatment of workpieces or articles

B22F 7/00 (2006.01) Manufacture of composite layers, workpieces, or articles, comprising metallic powder, by sintering the powder, with or without compacting

B23P 13/00 (2006.01) Making metal objects by operations essentially involving machining but not covered by a single other subclass

B23P 15/00 (2006.01) Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass

B23P 17/00 (2006.01) Metal-working operations, not covered by a single other subclass or another group in this subclass

B23P 25/00 (2006.01) Auxiliary treatment of workpieces, before or during machining operations, to facilitate the action of the tool or the attainment of a desired final condition of the work, e.g. relief of internal stress