METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NON-VASCULAR SENSOR IMPLANTATION - Patent 1438029

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EP 1 438 029 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.03.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	21.07.2004 Bulletin 2004/30

(21)	Application number: 02780519.1

(22)	Date of filing: 23.10.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 9/22

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/033923

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/034902 (01.05.2003 Gazette 2003/18)

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

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Priority:

23.10.2001 US 335627 P
27.12.2001 US 34627
27.09.2002 US 414290 P

(71)	Applicant: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
	Northridge, CA 91325 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MILLER, Michael, E. Los Angeles, CA 90035 (US) SHAH, Rajiv Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 (US)

(74)	Representative: Ruschke, Hans Edvard, Dipl.-Ing. et al
	Ruschke Hartmann BeckerPienzenauerstrasse 2 81679 München 81679 München (DE)

(54)	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NON-VASCULAR SENSOR IMPLANTATION