METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HYSTEROSCOPIC AND FALLOPOSCOPIC PROCEDURES - Patent 0751738

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EP 0 751 738 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	08.01.1997 Bulletin 1997/02

(21)	Application number: 95912793.0

(22)	Date of filing: 06.03.1995

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 1/ 00^{( . )}
A61M 25/ 02^{( . )}

A61B 1/ 303^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1995/002874

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1995/024149 (14.09.1995 Gazette 1995/39)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE ES FR GB IT

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Priority:

07.03.1994 US 19940207475

(71)	Applicant: CONCEPTUS, INC.
	San Carlos, CA 94070 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	NIKOLCHEV, Julian N. Portola Valley, CA 94028 (US) ARNEY, Michelle M. San Francisco, CA 94109 (US) DOTY, James Portola Valley, CA 94028 (US)

(74)	Representative: Bayliss, Geoffrey Cyril
	BOULT, WADE & TENNANT 27 Furnival Street London EC4A 1PQ London EC4A 1PQ (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HYSTEROSCOPIC AND FALLOPOSCOPIC PROCEDURES