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Patents have been around for centuries, also in the netherlands. Export list clipboard export atherectomy devices, systems, and methods pat au2008271034 escudero paul, smith torrey, to john, hann brenda, chee hiram, pombo august, danek christopher j. In most office actions and search reports received by ip professionals and patent attorneys, the examiner will usually cite less than 10 patents applications. In 600 bc, patents were granted for culinary dishes in the greek colony of sybaris, in the south of italy. In yet another aspect of the invention, devices, systems, and methods provide systems and methods for controlling a debulking material. Patents may be searched in the uspto patent fulltext and image database patft. In some variations, the methods comprise providing a vascular device comprising a catheter body, a cutter assembly, a drive mechanism, a torque shaft, and a deflecting. This ensures that the guidwire lumen remain patent during rotation. In particular, the present devices and method relate to removal of the occluding material from the blood vessels as well as other body lumens. By tod debie august 01, 2009 a patent is a right granted by the government to inventors in order to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the patented invention in the united states or importing the invention into the u. By year 1836 to 2001 by issue date 1963 121994 with addendum for issue dates from 1995 2001.
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Now you dont have to rely on other sites that fetched the documents and converted them to pdf. Generally, the atherectomy devices may have a handle, a cutter assembly, and a catheter or catheter assembly therebetween. It is bound in an attractive cover and includes a gold seal and red ribbon on the cover. A patent cannot cover anything that was already in the public domain prior to the filing of the patent, or any modifications that would have been obvious to a.
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