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EP 2077789 A2 20090715 - EXCESSIVE FIBROUS CAPSULE FORMATION AND CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING SAME

Title (en)

EXCESSIVE FIBROUS CAPSULE FORMATION AND CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING SAME

Title (de)

ÜBERMÄSSIGE FASERKAPSEL-BILDUNG UND KAPSELKONTRAKTIONSGERÄT UND VERFAHREN ZU SEINER ANWENDUNG

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE FORMATION DE CAPSULE FIBREUSE EXCESSIVE ET DE CONTRACTURE CAPSULAIRE ET SON PROCÉDÉ D'UTILISATION

Publication

EP 2077789 A2 20090715 (EN)

Application

EP 07852892 A 20071022

Priority

US 2007022433 W 20071022
US 85292706 P 20061020
US 97704307 A 20071022

IPC 8 full level

A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61N 1/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61N 2/02 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2008051521A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2077789 A2 20090715

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 07852892 A 20071022