CLOSED-CIRCUIT BRONCHOASPIRATION DEVICE APPLICABLE TO A VENTILATION CIRCUIT - Patent 0862476

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EP 0 862 476 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	09.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/37

(21)	Application number: 97934294.0

(22)	Date of filing: 24.07.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61M 16/ 04^{( . )}

A61M 16/ 10^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/013029

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/005371 (12.02.1998 Gazette 1998/06)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE

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Priority:

01.08.1996 IT 1996MI01667

(71)	Applicant: MALLINCKRODT MEDICAL, INC.
	St. Louis, MO 63134 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BERGAMASCHI, Paolo I-41033 Concordia (IT) GIBERTONI, Lucio I-41037 Mirandola (IT)

(74)	Representative: Jones, Alan John, et al
	CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA London, WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	CLOSED-CIRCUIT BRONCHOASPIRATION DEVICE APPLICABLE TO A VENTILATION CIRCUIT