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EP 2424584 A1 20120307 - APPARATUS FOR CLEARING TUBING AND RELATED METHOD

Title (en)

APPARATUS FOR CLEARING TUBING AND RELATED METHOD

Title (de)

GERÄT ZUR LEERUNG VON SCHLÄUCHEN UND RELEVANTES VERFAHREN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE DÉBOUCHAGE DE TUBULURES ET PROCÉDÉ ASSOCIÉ

Publication

EP 2424584 A1 20120307 (EN)

Application

EP 09844191 A 20090630

Priority

US 2009049154 W 20090630
US 33616409 A 20090429
US 48893609 A 20090622

IPC 8 full level

A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61B 90/70 (2016.02); A61M 25/00 (2013.01); A61M 39/28 (2013.01); A61M 39/284 (2013.01); A61B 2090/701 (2016.02); A61M 2025/0019 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2424584 A1 20120307; EP 2424584 A4 20170823

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 09844191 A 20090630