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EP 1 154 814 A1
(12)
(43)
Date of publication:
21.11.2001
Bulletin 2001/47
(21)
Application number:
00905863.7
(22)
Date of filing:
27.01.2000
(51)
International Patent Classification (IPC)
7
:
A61M
11/00
(86)
International application number:
PCT/US0002/359
(87)
International publication number:
WO 0044/424
(
03.08.2000
Gazette 2000/31)
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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:
27.01.1999
US 238523
(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)
ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHODS HAVING REVERSIBLE CANNULAS