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EP 1424943 A1 20040609 - INTERVENTIONAL AND DIAGNOSTIC CATHETER AND METHOD FOR USE

Title (en)

INTERVENTIONAL AND DIAGNOSTIC CATHETER AND METHOD FOR USE

Title (de)

INTERVENTIONS- UND DIAGNOSEKATHETER UND ANWENDUNGSVERFAHREN

Title (fr)

CATHETER DE DIAGNOSTIC ET D'INTERVENTION ET SON PROCEDE D'UTILISATION

Publication

EP 1424943 A1 20040609 (EN)

Application

EP 02794919 A 20020815

Priority

US 0226226 W 20020815
US 93165501 A 20010816
US 2331401 A 20011214

Abstract (en)

[origin: CA2457755A1] Published without an

IPC 1-7

A61B 17/00; A61M 25/00

IPC 8 full level

A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61M 25/0041 (2013.01); A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61B 6/507 (2013.01); A61M 25/0054 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0004 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 03015638 A2 20030227; CA 2457755 A1 20030227; EP 1424943 A1 20040609

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0226226 W 20020815; CA 2457755 A 20020815; EP 02794919 A 20020815