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To: SSP who wrote (96122)11/15/2001 9:33:45 AM
From: Jim Bishop  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 150070
 
ENDV Endovasc Announces U.S. Patent Office Notification for Resorbable
Biodegradable Stent

MONTGOMERY, Texas, Nov 15, 2001 (BW HealthWire) -- Endovasc Ltd. Inc. announced
today the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) has sent the company notification of
allowable claims on the company's continuation-in-part of its previous stent
patent, U.S. Patent 5,980,551 issued Nov. 9, 1999 for a Totally Resorbable
Biodegradable Stent.

"This second patent greatly strengthens our Company's intellectual property
built around this technology," said the inventor and CEO of Endovasc, Dr. David
P. Summers. "We have three prior stent patents which mention, either in text or
in claims, a biodegradable stent with the earliest citation going back to a 1992
filing date."

The Company's resorbable prosthesis (stent) is a unique concept in the medical
device market. There are no stent products currently on the market which will
totally degrade by natural biological processes leaving the vessel or organ
totally free from any prosthetic remains. The resorbable prosthesis maintains
strength needed to acutely open and maintain a vessel, duct, tract or organ
confirmation and also precise chronicity controlling the release and delivery of
drugs or biologic agents providing a medicinal therapy.

The multi-billion dollar market for medical devices continues to grow, with the
top three medical device manufacturers reporting worldwide stent sales during
2000 at over a billion dollars.


About Endovasc Ltd. Inc.

Endovasc Ltd. Inc. is a biopharmaceutical biotech company pioneering drug
delivery technology. The Company's products and processes, which include
Liprostin(TM) (liposome encapsulated PGE-1), NRA (Nicotine Receptor Agonist, an
angiogenic agent), PROSTENT(TM) stent-coating technology, and a biodegradable
resorbable prosthesis are covered by patents, license and trade secrets for
competing in a multi-billion dollar market.

The foregoing statements are made under the "Safe Harbor" Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and may contain forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties that may not be evident at the time of this
release. For more information about Endovasc Ltd. Inc., contact:


CONTACT: Endovasc Ltd. Inc., Montgomery
New Business Development and Investor Relations:
John (Jack) T. Sorbi, 936/448-2222
Fax: 936/582-2250
jack@endovasc.com
www.endovasc.com

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INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BIOTECHNOLOGY
MANUFACTURING
MEDICAL
MEDICAL
DEVICES
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SOURCE:
Endovasc
Ltd.
Inc.

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