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(43) Date of publication: 13.07.2005 Bulletin 2005/28 (21) Application number: 03759739.0 (22) Date of filing: 03.10.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61M 16/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/031686 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/033011 (22.04.2004 Gazette 2004/17)

(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 (30) Priority: 08.10.2002 US 416862 P 31.01.2003 US 355489 (71) Applicant: Draeger Medical, Inc. Telford, PA 18969 (US)	(72) Inventor: JUSHCHYSHYN, Steven, W. Harleysville, PA 19438 (US) (74) Representative: Symons, Rupert Jonathan  HLBBshaw,10th Floor,1 Hagley Road Edgebaston,Birmingham B16 8TG Edgebaston,Birmingham B16 8TG (GB)