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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
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`PATENT NO. (cid:9)
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`: 8,292,850 B2
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`Page 1 of 1
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`It is certified that error appears in the above - identified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below:
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`In Column 10, claim 1, line 46. prior to "structure", insert
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`in Column 10, claim 1, line 57, delete "rain a" and insert -- than the flexible tip portion and defining a
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`In Column 11, claim 12, line 64, prior to "structure", insert
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`In Column 12, claim 12, lines 11-12, prior to "structure", insert
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`Signed and Sealed this
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`PATENT NO.: (cid:9)
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`8,292,850 (cid:9)
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`13/359,059
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`INVENTOR(S): (cid:9)
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`Howard Root, Gregg Sutton, Jeffrey M. Welch and Jason M. Garrity
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`It is certified that an error appears or errors appear in the above-identified patent and that said Letters
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`In Column 10, claim 1, line 46, prior to "structure" insert
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`In Column 10, claim 1, line 57, delete "rain a" and insert --than the flexible tip portion and defining a
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`In Column 11„ claim 12, line 64, prior to "structure", insert
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`COAXIAL GUIDE CATHETER FOR INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
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