Owner GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventors Blanzy, Jeffrey S.

Agent Griffith Hack

Pub. Number AU-A-2010339451

PCT Pub. Number WO2011/082280

Priority 12/981,102 29.12.10 US; 61/291,497 31.12.09 US

Filing date 30 December 2010

Wipo publication date 7 July 2011

A61L 27/04 Materials for prostheses or for coating prostheses

A61C 7/20 Orthodontics, i.e. obtaining or maintaining the desired position of teeth, e.g. by straightening, evening, regulating, separating, or by correcting malocclusions

A61F 2/06 Filters - Blood vessels

A61F 2/24 Filters - Heart valves

A61F 2/86 Filters

A61L 29/02 Materials for catheters or for coating catheters

C21C 7/00 Treating molten ferrous alloys, e.g. steel, not covered by groups

C21C 7/10 Treating molten ferrous alloys, e.g. steel, not covered by groups - Handling in vacuum

C21D 8/00 Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment

C22C 38/00 Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys

C22C 38/04 Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys - containing manganese

C22C 38/06 Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys - containing aluminium