APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AN OXYGEN CONCENTRATION GRADIENT AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - Patent 1220639

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EP 1 220 639 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	03.01.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	10.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/28

(21)	Application number: 00982645.4

(22)	Date of filing: 13.10.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61B 5/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0041/171

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0127/585 (19.04.2001 Gazette 2001/16)

(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:

14.10.1999 US 159616 P

(71)	Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
	Philadelphia,Pennsylvania 19104-3147 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	WILSON, David, F. Philadelphia, PA 19104 (US) VINOGRADOV, Sergei A. Philadelphia, PA 19144 (US)

(74)	Representative: Cornish, Kristina Victoria Joy et al
	Kilburn & Strode,20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ London WC1R 4PJ (GB)

(54)	APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AN OXYGEN CONCENTRATION GRADIENT AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF