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(11)EP 1 399 211 A2

(12)

(88)Date of publication A3:
13.03.2003

(43)Date of publication:
24.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/13

(21)Application number: 02726933.1

(22)Date of filing:  24.05.2002
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61M 25/06
(86)International application number:
PCT/US2002/016757
(87)International publication number:
WO 2002/096495 (05.12.2002 Gazette  2002/49)
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30)Priority: 25.05.2001 US 865918

(71)Applicant: Becton Dickinson and Company
Franklin Lakes,New Jersey 07417-1880 (US)

(72)Inventors:
  • MENG, Clement, Wan Chye
    Singapore 750419 (SG)
  • JIN, Cheng, Kiat
    Singapore 570125 (SG)
  • MINER, Tom, M.
    Riverton, UT 84065 (US)

(74)Representative: Ruffles, Graham Keith 
Marks & Clerk66-68 Hills Road
Cambridge,Cambridgeshire, CB2 1LA
Cambridge,Cambridgeshire, CB2 1LA (GB)

  


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