PATIENT SCHEDULING TECHNIQUES FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - Patent 1358617

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EP 1 358 617 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	12.09.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	05.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/45

(21)	Application number: 01993311.8

(22)	Date of filing: 20.12.2001

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

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0149/292

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0205/6235 (18.07.2002 Gazette 2002/29)

(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:

29.12.2000 US 259022 P
31.10.2001 US

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

(72)	Inventor:
	HARTLAUB, Jerome, T. New Brighton, MN 55112 (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)

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