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(88) Date of publication A3: 13.10.2005 (43) Date of publication: 16.08.2006 Bulletin 2006/33 (21) Application number: 04810261.0 (22) Date of filing: 02.11.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 15/00(2006.01) A61M 16/10(2006.01) A62B 7/10(2006.01) A62B 19/00(2006.01) F23D 14/00(2006.01) A61M 16/00(2006.01) A62B 7/00(2006.01) A62B 18/08(2006.01) A62B 23/02(2006.01) F24J 3/00(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2004/036596 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/047797 (26.05.2005 Gazette 2005/21)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 10.11.2003 SE 0302959 (71) Applicant: Hudson Respiratory Care Inc. Temecula, CA 92589-9020 (US)	(72) Inventors: LAMBERT, Hans S-11351 Stockholm (SE) WIESELBLAD, Anders S-11364 Stockholm (SE) (74) Representative: Vermeulen, Martijn  Exter Polak & Charlouis B.V. P.O. Box 3241 2280 GE Rijswijk 2280 GE Rijswijk (NL)