CATHETER AND INTRODUCER NEEDLE ASSEMBLY WITH COMPACT NEEDLE SHIELD - Patent 1255581

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EP 1 255 581 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	13.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/46

(21)	Application number: 01948944.2

(22)	Date of filing: 22.01.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61M 25/06, A61M 5/32

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0102/129

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0105/6642 (09.08.2001 Gazette 2001/32)

(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:

04.02.2000 US 499331

(71)	Applicant: Becton Dickinson and Company
	Franklin Lakes,New Jersey 07417-1880 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	HOWELL, Glade, H. Sandy, UT 84094-5470 (US)

(74)	Representative: Ruffles, Graham Keith
	MARKS & CLERK,57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS London WC2A 3LS (GB)

(54)	CATHETER AND INTRODUCER NEEDLE ASSEMBLY WITH COMPACT NEEDLE SHIELD