BRONCHOASPIRATION TUBE HAVING SOFT AND HARD PORTIONS - Patent 0902695

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EP 0 902 695 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	24.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/12

(21)	Application number: 97921107.0

(22)	Date of filing: 04.04.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61M 1/ 00^{( . )}
A61M 16/ 04^{( . )}

A61M 25/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/005686

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/037702 (16.10.1997 Gazette 1997/44)

(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:

11.04.1996 IT 1996MI00277U

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

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

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

(54)	BRONCHOASPIRATION TUBE HAVING SOFT AND HARD PORTIONS