VALVE PORT AND METHOD FOR VASCULAR ACCESS - Patent 1229902

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EP 1 229 902 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	14.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/33

(21)	Application number: 00973589.5

(22)	Date of filing: 16.10.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 9/02, A61K 31/00, A61M 11/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0028/673

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0132/141 (10.05.2001 Gazette 2001/19)

(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:

01.11.1999 US 431008

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

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

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

(54)	VALVE PORT AND METHOD FOR VASCULAR ACCESS