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EP 0928208 A1 19990714 - INSTRUMENTATION FOR SURGICAL ENDOSCOPIC INSERTION AND APPLICATION OF LIQUID, GEL AND LIKE MATERIAL

Title (en)

INSTRUMENTATION FOR SURGICAL ENDOSCOPIC INSERTION AND APPLICATION OF LIQUID, GEL AND LIKE MATERIAL

Title (de)

INSTRUMENTIERUNG FÜR CHIRURGISCHE ENDOSKOPEINFÜHRUNG UND ANBRINGEN VON FLÜSSIGKEIT ,GEL UND ÄHNLICHEN STOFFEN

Title (fr)

INSTRUMENT CHIRURGICAL POUR UNE INSERTION ENDOSCOPIQUE ET POUR L'APPLICATION D'UN LIQUIDE, D'UN GEL OU D'UNE SUBSTANCE MEDICALE APPARENTEE

Publication

EP 0928208 A1 19990714 (EN)

Application

EP 97917791 A 19970401

Priority

US 9705397 W 19970401
US 71886196 A 19960924

IPC 1-7

A61M 5/00

IPC 8 full level

A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0928208 A1 19990714; EP 0928208 A4 20001018

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 97917791 A 19970401