IMAGE GUIDED INTERVENTIONS WITH INTERSTITIAL OR TRANSMISSION ULTRASOUND - Patent 1768568

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EP 1 768 568 A2

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(43)	Date of publication:
	04.04.2007 Bulletin 2007/14

(21)	Application number: 05804815.8

(22)	Date of filing: 09.05.2005

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 8/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2005/016048

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/117710 (15.12.2005 Gazette 2005/50)

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

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Priority:

07.05.2004 US 569004 P
08.06.2004 US 577788 P
21.07.2004 US 895397

(71)	Applicant: Johns Hopkins University
	Baltimore MD 21218 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BOCTOR, Emad, Moussa Baltimore, MD 21209 (US) FICHTINGER, Gabor Bethesda, MD 20817 (US)

(74)	Representative: Johnson, Terence Leslie
	Marks & Clerk 90 Long Acre London, WC2E 9RA London, WC2E 9RA (GB)

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