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EP1874197 - ULTRASOUND CATHETER WITH CAVITATION PROMOTING SURFACE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been withdrawn Status updated on 05.02.2010 Database last updated on 24.08.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	05.02.2010	Withdrawal of application	published on 10.03.2010 [2010/10]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Ekos Corporation 11911 North Creek Parkway South Bothell, WA 98011 / US
	[2008/02]
Inventor(s)	01 / SOLTANI, Azita 15515 - 72nd Drive SE Snohomish, WA 98296 / US
	02 / HANSMANN, Douglas R. 5008 Rockaway Beach Road NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 / US
	[2008/02]
Representative(s)	Lüdcke, Joachim Moritz Fleischer, Godemeyer, Kierdorf & Partner, Patentanwälte Polypatent Braunsberger Feld 29 D-51429 Bergisch Gladbach / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/02]	Lüdcke, Joachim Moritz Fleischer, Godemeyer, Kierdorf & Partner, Patentanwälte polypatent Braunsberger Feld 29 D-51429 Bergisch Gladbach / DE
Application number, filing date	06749798.2	12.04.2006
	[2008/02]
	WO2006US13531
Priority number, date	US20050670412P	12.04.2005 Original published format: US 670412 P
	[2008/02]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2006110773
	Date:	19.10.2006
	Language:	EN
	[2006/42]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1874197
	Date:	09.01.2008
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.10.2006 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2008/02]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	26.07.2007
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	13.01.2010
Classification	IPC:	A61B8/14	[2008/11]
	CPC:	A61B17/22 (EP,US); A61B17/2202 (EP,US); A61B2017/00154 (EP,US); A61B2017/22008 (EP,US); A61B2017/22088 (EP,US); A61M37/0092 (EP,US); (+) A61N2007/0039 (EP,US); A61N7/00 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2008/02]	A61B17/20
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2008/02]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	BA	Not yet paid
	HR	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	YU	Not yet paid
Title	German:	ULTRASCHALLKATHETER MIT KAVITATIONSFÖRDERNDER OBERFLÄCHE	[2008/02]
	English:	ULTRASOUND CATHETER WITH CAVITATION PROMOTING SURFACE	[2008/02]
	French:	CATHETER ULTRASONORE A SURFACE FAVORISANT LA CAVITATION	[2008/02]
Entry into regional phase	09.11.2007	National basic fee paid
	09.11.2007	Search fee paid
	09.11.2007	Designation fee(s) paid
	09.11.2007	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	09.11.2007	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	09.11.2007	Examination requested [2008/02]
	01.02.2010	Application withdrawn by applicant [2010/10]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	28.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 03
	16.04.2009	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]EP0482847 (ALCON SURGICAL INC [US]) [A] 1,10 * column 12, line 25 - line 58 ** page 10 *;
		[I]WO9858699 (EKOS CORP [US], et al) [I] 1,6-9 * column 6, line 61 - column 7, line 34 * * column 8, line 5 - column 9, line 24 *;
		[I]WO9911182 (UNIV CALIFORNIA [US]) [I] 1-9 * page 12, line 8 - page 15, line 9 *;
		[A]US6241703 (LEVIN PHILIP S [US], et al) [A] 1,10 * column 14, line 37 - line 42 * * column 9, line 50 - line 57 *;
		[I]WO0182778 (FOCUS SURGERY INC [US], et al) [I] 1-4,6-7,9 * page 6, line 15 - page 7, line 13; figures 1,2,4-7 *;
		[I]US2003040501 (NEWMAN CHRISTOPHER M H [GB], et al) [I] 1-4,6-7,9 * figures 1-5c *;
		[I]US2003092667 (TACHIBANA KATSURO [JP], et al) [I] 1-7,9 * paragraph [0288] - paragraph [0302] * * paragraph [0248] - paragraph [0261] * * paragraph [0109] - paragraph [0113] * * paragraph [0244] - paragraph [0248] * * figures 1a-4b,9a-13d *;
		[I]US2004019318 (WILSON RICHARD R [US], et al) [I] 1-4,6-9 * paragraph [0071] - paragraph [0072]; figures 1a,1b,3a-4b,6a-6d,10a-12 * * paragraph [0085] - paragraph [0086] *;
		[A]US2005010112 (BENNETT FREDERICK J [US], et al) [A] 1-10 * figures 11-13g *
	International search	[X]US2004024347 (WILSON RICHARD R [US], et al);
		[Y]US6508816 (SHADDUCK JOHN H [US]);
		[Y]US5342292 (NITA HENRY [US], et al);
		[Y]US6524251 (RABINER ROBERT [US], et al)

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