SYSTEM OF NOTIFICATION OF RECALLED COMPONENTS FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE - Patent 1246666

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EP 1 246 666 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	09.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/41

(21)	Application number: 00978842.3

(22)	Date of filing: 20.11.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61N 1/372, A61B 5/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0031/905

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0104/9368 (12.07.2001 Gazette 2001/28)

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

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Priority:

29.12.1999 US 474694

(71)	Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
	Minneapolis, MN 55432 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	LINBERG, Kurt, R. Eden Prairie, MN 55346 (US)

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

(54)	SYSTEM OF NOTIFICATION OF RECALLED COMPONENTS FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE