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Prosthetic Heart Valve - EP3498226

The patent EP3498226 was granted to Edwards Lifesciences on Apr 30, 2025. The application was originally filed on Oct 5, 2011 under application number EP19154572A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

EP3498226

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES
Application Number
EP19154572A
Filing Date
Oct 5, 2011
Status
Patent Maintained As Amended
Mar 28, 2025
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2025
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MERIL LIFE SCIENCES PVTSep 15, 2023MARKS & CLERKINTERVENTION ADMISSIBLE
ABBOTTNov 4, 2020GILL JENNINGS & EVERYADMISSIBLE
MERILAug 30, 2020MARKS & CLERKADMISSIBLE

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Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Citations (8) New

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OPPOSITION- PATRICK W. SERRUYS et al., TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION: TIPS AND TRICKS TO AVOID FAILURE, Informa Healthcare USA,Inc.,, (2010), pages 5pp,ix-xvi, 18-39; 102-114, 300 - 307, XP055735872
OPPOSITION- PATRICK W. SERRUYS et al., "TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION: TIPS AND TRICKS TO AVOID FAILURE /Passage/", PATRICK W. SERRUYS et al., Patrick W Serruys; Nicolo Piazza; Alain Cribier; John Webb; Jean-Claude Laborde; Peter de Jaegere, TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION: TIPS AND TRICKS TO AVOID FAILURE, Informa Healthcare, US, pages 5pp, ix-xvi, 18-39;102-114, 300 - 307, XP055735872
OPPOSITION- Steven R. Bailey, "Chapter 75 - Percutaneous Expandable Prosthetic Valves", Steven R. Bailey, Eric J. Topol, TEXTBOOK OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY, 2nd ed., (19940000), vol. 2, pages 1268 - 1276, XP055751468
OPPOSITION- Vinayak (vinnie) Nilkanth Bapat, Mohsin Uzzaman, "Chapter 3- The Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation - TAVI - with particular emphasis on the use of the Edwards SAPIEN Pericardial Valve", Vinayak (vinnie) Nilkanth Bapat, Mohsin Uzzaman, Vinayak (Vinnie) Nilkanth Bapat et al.,, THE PERICARDIAL HEART VALVE, THE ODYSSEY OF A CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVING CONCEPT, Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland, (20140000), pages 5pp, i-iii, 47-60, 119 - 123, XP055735848
OPPOSITION- Vinayak (vinnie) Nilkanth Bapat; Mohsin Uzzaman, "Chapter 3- The Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation - TAVI - with particular emphasis on the use of the Edwards SAPIEN Pericardial Valve", Vinayak (vinnie) Nilkanth Bapat; Mohsin Uzzaman, Vinayak (Vinnie) Nilkanth Bapat; ET AL, THE PERICARDIAL HEART VALVE, THE ODYSSEY OF A CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVING CONCEPT, Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland, (20140000), pages 5pp, i-iii, 47-60, 119 - 123, XP055735848
OPPOSITION- LUTTER et al., "Percutaneous Valve Replacement: Current State and Future Prospects", Ann Thorac Surg, (20040000), vol. 78, doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.09.019, pages 2199 - 2206, XP022262329
OPPOSITION- CRIBIER, ALAIN, "The development of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)", Global cardiology science & practice, (20161230), vol. 2016, no. 4, pages 1 - 15, XP055638259
OPPOSITION- CRIBIER, ALAIN, "The development of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)", Global cardiology science & practice, (2016), vol. 2016, no. 32, pages 1 - 15, XP055638259

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