Owner Boston Scientific Limited

Inventors Morin, Armand; Gellman, Barry N.; Li, Jianmin; Tah, Richard; Slanda, Jozef

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2006222727

Parent 2002254144

Filing date 27 September 2006

Wipo publication date 2 November 2006

Acceptance publication date 4 September 2008

A61B 17/00 (2006.01) Surgery

A61B 17/03 (2006.01) Surgery - for closing wounds, or holding wounds closed, e.g. surgical staples

A61B 17/04 (2006.01) Surgery - for suturing wounds

A61B 19/02 (2006.01) Instruments, implements or accessories for surgery or diagnosis not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for stereotaxis, sterile operation, luxation treatment, wound edge protectors

A61F 2/00 (2006.01) Filters

A61F 2/04 (2006.01) Filters - Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi, bile ducts

A61F 2/48 (2006.01) Filters - Operating or control means, e.g. from outside the body, control of sphincters

A61L 17/00 (2006.01) Materials for surgical sutures or for ligaturing blood vessels

A61L 27/00 (2006.01) Materials for prostheses or for coating prostheses

A61B 17/06 (2006.01) Surgery - Needles

A61B 17/34 (2006.01) Surgery - Trocars