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(11) EP 1 365 835 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.11.2002

(43) Date of publication:
03.12.2003 Bulletin 2003/49

(21) Application number: 02715051.5

(22) Date of filing: 28.02.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61N 1/36, A61N 1/365
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0206/800
(87) International publication number:
WO 0207/0065 (12.09.2002 Gazette 2002/37)
(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

(30) Priority: 05.03.2001 US 273501 P
05.03.2001 US 799304

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

(72) Inventors:
  • DONOVAN, Maura, G.
    St. Paul, MN 55105 (US)
  • SOYKAN, Orhan
    Shoreview, MN 55126 (US)
  • DENO, Curtis, D.
    Andover, MN 55304 (US)
  • MULLIGAN, Lawrence. J.
    Andover, MN 55304 (US)
  • FERNANDES, Brian, C., A.
    Roseville, MN 55113 (US)

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

   


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