EP2967823A4 - Topographical features and patterns on a surface of a medical device and methods of making the same - Google Patents

Topographical features and patterns on a surface of a medical device and methods of making the same

Info

Publication number
EP2967823A4
EP2967823A4 EP14772710.1A EP14772710A EP2967823A4 EP 2967823 A4 EP2967823 A4 EP 2967823A4 EP 14772710 A EP14772710 A EP 14772710A EP 2967823 A4 EP2967823 A4 EP 2967823A4
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
patterns
making
methods
same
medical device
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Pending
Application number
EP14772710.1A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP2967823A1 (en
Inventor
Scott Carpenter
Michael Poor
Julio C Palmaz
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Palmaz Scientific Inc
Original Assignee
Palmaz Scientific Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from US13/801,173 external-priority patent/US11045297B2/en
Application filed by Palmaz Scientific Inc filed Critical Palmaz Scientific Inc
Publication of EP2967823A1 publication Critical patent/EP2967823A1/en
Publication of EP2967823A4 publication Critical patent/EP2967823A4/en
Pending legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/0077—Special surfaces of prostheses, e.g. for improving ingrowth
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/30—Joints
    • A61F2/30767—Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth
    • A61F2/30771—Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth applied in original prostheses, e.g. holes or grooves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/30—Joints
    • A61F2/32—Joints for the hip
    • A61F2/36—Femoral heads ; Femoral endoprostheses
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/82—Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/0077—Special surfaces of prostheses, e.g. for improving ingrowth
    • A61F2002/0081—Special surfaces of prostheses, e.g. for improving ingrowth directly machined on the prosthetic surface, e.g. holes, grooves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/30—Joints
    • A61F2002/30001—Additional features of subject-matter classified in A61F2/28, A61F2/30 and subgroups thereof
    • A61F2002/30003—Material related properties of the prosthesis or of a coating on the prosthesis
    • A61F2002/30004—Material related properties of the prosthesis or of a coating on the prosthesis the prosthesis being made from materials having different values of a given property at different locations within the same prosthesis
    • A61F2002/30028—Material related properties of the prosthesis or of a coating on the prosthesis the prosthesis being made from materials having different values of a given property at different locations within the same prosthesis differing in tissue ingrowth capacity, e.g. made from both ingrowth-promoting and ingrowth-preventing parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/30—Joints
    • A61F2002/30001—Additional features of subject-matter classified in A61F2/28, A61F2/30 and subgroups thereof
    • A61F2002/30108—Shapes
    • A61F2002/3011—Cross-sections or two-dimensional shapes
    • A61F2002/30138—Convex polygonal shapes
    • A61F2002/30143—Convex polygonal shapes hexagonal
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/30—Joints
    • A61F2002/30001—Additional features of subject-matter classified in A61F2/28, A61F2/30 and subgroups thereof
    • A61F2002/30108—Shapes
    • A61F2002/3011—Cross-sections or two-dimensional shapes
    • A61F2002/30138—Convex polygonal shapes
    • A61F2002/30156—Convex polygonal shapes triangular
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/30—Joints
    • A61F2/30767—Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth
    • A61F2/30771—Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth applied in original prostheses, e.g. holes or grooves
    • A61F2002/30795—Blind bores, e.g. of circular cross-section
    • A61F2002/30805—Recesses of comparatively large area with respect to their low depth
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/30—Joints
    • A61F2/30767—Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth
    • A61F2/30771—Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth applied in original prostheses, e.g. holes or grooves
    • A61F2002/3082—Grooves
    • A61F2002/30827—Plurality of grooves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/30—Joints
    • A61F2/30767—Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth
    • A61F2/30771—Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth applied in original prostheses, e.g. holes or grooves
    • A61F2002/3082—Grooves
    • A61F2002/30827—Plurality of grooves
    • A61F2002/3083—Plurality of grooves inclined obliquely with respect to each other
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/30—Joints
    • A61F2/30767—Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth
    • A61F2002/30925—Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth etched
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2240/00—Manufacturing or designing of prostheses classified in groups A61F2/00 - A61F2/26 or A61F2/82 or A61F9/00 or A61F11/00 or subgroups thereof
    • A61F2240/001—Designing or manufacturing processes

Landscapes

  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Orthopedic Medicine & Surgery (AREA)
  • Cardiology (AREA)
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
  • Transplantation (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Vascular Medicine (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)
  • Materials For Medical Uses (AREA)
  • Media Introduction/Drainage Providing Device (AREA)
EP14772710.1A 2013-03-13 2014-02-24 Topographical features and patterns on a surface of a medical device and methods of making the same Pending EP2967823A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US13/801,173 US11045297B2 (en) 2012-10-18 2013-03-13 Topographical features and patterns on a surface of a medical device and methods of making the same
PCT/US2014/018079 WO2014158550A1 (en) 2013-03-13 2014-02-24 Topographical features and patterns on a surface of a medical device and methods of making the same

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP2967823A1 EP2967823A1 (en) 2016-01-20
EP2967823A4 true EP2967823A4 (en) 2016-11-16

Family

ID=51625020

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP14772710.1A Pending EP2967823A4 (en) 2013-03-13 2014-02-24 Topographical features and patterns on a surface of a medical device and methods of making the same

Country Status (5)

Country Link
EP (1) EP2967823A4 (en)
JP (1) JP6941441B2 (en)
AU (2) AU2014242126A1 (en)
CA (1) CA2905251C (en)
WO (1) WO2014158550A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20210393407A1 (en) * 2018-10-01 2021-12-23 The Board Of Supervisors Of Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College Bioscaffold for in vivo use
CN112472381B (en) * 2019-09-12 2023-06-16 先健科技(深圳)有限公司 Support frame
CN112472380B (en) * 2019-09-12 2023-05-02 先健科技(深圳)有限公司 Tectorial membrane support

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2008061185A1 (en) * 2006-11-15 2008-05-22 Georgia Tech Research Corporation Flow manipulation in biological flows using vortex generators
WO2009123624A1 (en) * 2008-04-01 2009-10-08 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Method and system for coating an article
US20100226943A1 (en) * 2004-02-17 2010-09-09 University Of Florida Surface topographies for non-toxic bioadhesion control
US20120232649A1 (en) * 2008-11-20 2012-09-13 Insight Innovations, Llc Intraocular Lens Cell Migration Inhibition System

Family Cites Families (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20010039454A1 (en) * 1993-11-02 2001-11-08 John Ricci Orthopedic implants having ordered microgeometric surface patterns
US8632583B2 (en) * 2011-05-09 2014-01-21 Palmaz Scientific, Inc. Implantable medical device having enhanced endothelial migration features and methods of making the same
US20030216803A1 (en) * 2003-05-28 2003-11-20 Ledergerber Walter J. Textured and drug eluting stent-grafts
CA2555384A1 (en) * 2004-03-04 2005-09-22 Biolok International, Inc. Surgical stent having micro-geometric patterned surface
US7753962B2 (en) * 2007-01-30 2010-07-13 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Textured medical devices
US20090093879A1 (en) * 2007-10-04 2009-04-09 Debra Wawro Micro- and nano-patterned surface features to reduce implant fouling and regulate wound healing
US20110276125A1 (en) * 2010-05-05 2011-11-10 Walker Jeffrey P Medical Devices, Methods of Producing Medical Devices, and Projection Photolithography Apparatus for Producing Medical Devices
US8329021B2 (en) * 2010-10-28 2012-12-11 Palmaz Scientific, Inc. Method for mass transfer of micro-patterns onto medical devices

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20100226943A1 (en) * 2004-02-17 2010-09-09 University Of Florida Surface topographies for non-toxic bioadhesion control
WO2008061185A1 (en) * 2006-11-15 2008-05-22 Georgia Tech Research Corporation Flow manipulation in biological flows using vortex generators
WO2009123624A1 (en) * 2008-04-01 2009-10-08 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Method and system for coating an article
US20120232649A1 (en) * 2008-11-20 2012-09-13 Insight Innovations, Llc Intraocular Lens Cell Migration Inhibition System

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
CA2905251A1 (en) 2014-10-02
WO2014158550A1 (en) 2014-10-02
EP2967823A1 (en) 2016-01-20
AU2018220082A1 (en) 2018-09-13
JP6941441B2 (en) 2021-09-29
CA2905251C (en) 2023-03-28
JP2016510657A (en) 2016-04-11
AU2014242126A1 (en) 2015-11-05

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
GB2554283B (en) Devices for simulating a function of a tissue and methods of use and manufacturing thereof
ZA201602939B (en) Flexible containers and methods of making the same
IL245690A0 (en) Anti-thrombogenic medical devices and methods
ZA201507161B (en) Dental devices and systems and methods for making the same
EP2956796A4 (en) Integrated sonar devices and methods
EP2969323A4 (en) Cladded articles and methods of making the same
GB201518981D0 (en) Apertured nonwoven materials and methods for forming the same
RS56769B1 (en) Method for the degrading of synthetic polymers and device for carrying out said method
EP3006078A4 (en) Needle body manufacturing method and manufacturing device
EP3000842A4 (en) Surface modification method and surface modification body
GB2529087B (en) Travel joint release devices and methods
EP3054053A4 (en) Artificial turf mat and manufacturing apparatus therefor
GB201517780D0 (en) Travel joint release devices and methods
GB2512025B (en) Surface treatment device
EP2956081A4 (en) Medical irrigation device and method
SG10201404111VA (en) Method for preparing a patterned substrate and use thereof in implants for tissue engineering
SG11201603003TA (en) Device and method for the flexible use of electricity
PT3051951T (en) A modified surface capable of having bacteriostatic and bactericide activity, the method for obtaining it and use thereof
EP2950080A4 (en) Surface force measurement method and surface force measurement device
EP2908782A4 (en) Method for making topographical features on a surface of a medical device
HK1205393A1 (en) Complex device and electronic device having the same
ZA201504763B (en) Surgical template arrangement and method
GB201301789D0 (en) A de-icing apparatus and a method of using the same
EP2979775A4 (en) Mold-making device and mold-making method
EP2967823A4 (en) Topographical features and patterns on a surface of a medical device and methods of making the same

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION WAS MADE

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20151012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: BA ME

RIN1 Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)

Inventor name: CARPENTER, SCOTT

Inventor name: PALMAZ, JULIO, C.

Inventor name: POOR, MICHAEL

DAX Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
A4 Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched

Effective date: 20161019

RIC1 Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant

Ipc: A61F 2/00 20060101ALI20161013BHEP

Ipc: A61F 2/30 20060101ALI20161013BHEP

Ipc: A61F 2/36 20060101ALI20161013BHEP

Ipc: A61F 2/82 20060101ALI20161013BHEP

Ipc: A61F 2/04 20060101AFI20161013BHEP

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: EXAMINATION IS IN PROGRESS

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: EXAMINATION IS IN PROGRESS

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 20210604