IMPLANTABLE WIRELESS SENSOR FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT WITHIN AN ARTERY - Patent 1545303

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EP 1 545 303 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	23.12.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	29.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/26

(21)	Application number: 03785007.0

(22)	Date of filing: 07.08.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61B 5/02, A61B 5/04, A61B 6/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/024751

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/014456 (19.02.2004 Gazette 2004/08)

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

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Priority:

07.08.2002 US 215377

(71)	Applicant: CARDIOMEMS, INC.
	Atlanta, GA 30318 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ALLEN, Mark Atlanta, GA 30328 (US) FONSECA, Michael Atlanta, GA 30339 (US) WHITE, Jason Atlanta, GA 30339 (US) KROH, Jason Villa Rica, GA 30180 (US) STERN, David Grayson, GA 30017 (US)

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

(54)	IMPLANTABLE WIRELESS SENSOR FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT WITHIN AN ARTERY