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(11) EP 1 296 743 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
02.04.2003 Bulletin 2003/14

(21) Application number: 00955908.9

(22) Date of filing: 06.07.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61N 1/36
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0040/301
(87) International publication number:
WO 0200/4068 (17.01.2002 Gazette 2002/03)
(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

(71) Applicant: CYBERONICS, INC.
Webster, TX 77598 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BARRETT, Burke
    Houston, TX 77059 (US)
  • REDDY, Ramish, K.
    Brooklyn, NY 11219 (US)
  • ROSLIN, Mitchell
    Neoponsit, NY 11964 (US)

(74) Representative: Czybulka, Uwe, Dipl.-Phys. et al
PatentanwälteHaft, von PuttkamerBerngruber, CzybulkaFranziskanerstrasse 38
81669 München
81669 München (DE)

   


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