METHODS FOR PREVENTING THE INTRODUCTION OF AIR OR FLUID REFLUX INTO THE BODY OF A PATIENT

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EP 0 258 219 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	09.03.1988 Bulletin 1988/10

(21)	Application number: 86901174.0

(22)	Date of filing: 27.01.1986

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61M 1/ 00^{( . )}
A61M 5/ 00^{( . )}
A61M 5/ 36^{( . )}
A61M 39/ 10^{( . )}

A61M 1/ 36^{( . )}
A61M 5/ 158^{( . )}
A61M 39/ 06^{( . )}
A61M 39/ 22^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1986/000114

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1987/004079 (16.07.1987 Gazette 1987/15)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

13.01.1986 US 19860818434

(71)	Applicants:
	Sawyer, Philip Nicholas Brooklyn New York (US) FITZGERALD, Joseph F. Queens, NY 11694 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Sawyer, Philip Nicholas Brooklyn New York (US) FITZGERALD, Joseph F. Queens, NY 11694 (US)

(74)	Representative: Warcoin, Jacques, et al
	Cabinet Régimbeau, 26, avenue Kléber F-75116 Paris F-75116 Paris (FR)

(54)	METHODS FOR PREVENTING THE INTRODUCTION OF AIR OR FLUID REFLUX INTO THE BODY OF A PATIENT