Owner Boston Scientific Limited

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

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2008249151

Parent 2006222727

Filing date 21 November 2008

Wipo publication date 11 December 2008

Acceptance publication date 6 October 2011

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