METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERCUTANEOUSLY ACCESSING A PRESSURE ACTIVATED IMPLANTED PORT - Patent 1154810

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EP 1 154 810 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/47

(21)	Application number: 00913283.8

(22)	Date of filing: 28.01.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61M 5/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0002/268

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0044/419 (03.08.2000 Gazette 2000/31)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

28.01.1999 US 239411

(71)	Applicant: Vasca, Inc.
	Tewksbury, MA 01876 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BRUGGER, James, M. Newburyport, MA 01950 (US) BURBANK, Jeffrey, H. Boxford, MA 01921 (US)

(74)	Representative: Kazi, Ilya et al
	Mathys & Squire,100 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8AL London WC1X 8AL (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERCUTANEOUSLY ACCESSING A PRESSURE ACTIVATED IMPLANTED PORT