TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR COUPLING ULTRASONIC ENERGY TO A BODY FOR THROMBOLYSIS OF VASCULAR THROMBI - Patent 1006896

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EP 1 006 896 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	14.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/24

(21)	Application number: 98931690.6

(22)	Date of filing: 29.06.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61B 17/22

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9813/450

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9900/061 (07.01.1999 Gazette 1999/01)

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

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Priority:

30.06.1997 US 885338
02.09.1997 US 922188

(71)	Applicant: Transon LLC
	San Francisco,California 94108 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	PETERSON, Thomas, P. Erie, PA 16506 (US) DHARMENDRA, Pal Erie, PA 16506 (US) DeCASTRO, Eugene Jamestown, NY 14701 (US)

(74)	Representative: Rüdel, Dietmar, Dipl.-Ing.
	KOHLER SCHMID + PARTNER,PatentanwälteRuppmannstrasse 27 70565 Stuttgart 70565 Stuttgart (DE)

(54)	TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR COUPLING ULTRASONIC ENERGY TO A BODY FOR THROMBOLYSIS OF VASCULAR THROMBI