LARGE-SCALE PROCESSING LOOP FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES - Patent 1244993

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EP 1 244 993 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	30.05.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	02.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/40

(21)	Application number: 00988167.3

(22)	Date of filing: 19.12.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 19/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0034/520

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0104/8675 (05.07.2001 Gazette 2001/27)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

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Priority:

24.12.1999 US 173079 P

(71)	Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
	Minneapolis,Minnesota 55432-5604 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	LEE, Michael, T. Minnetonka, MN 55345 (US) POOL, Nancy, P. Minnetonka, MN 55305 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hughes, Andrea Michelle et al
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	LARGE-SCALE PROCESSING LOOP FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES