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EP 1 805 681 A1
(12)
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Date of publication:
11.07.2007
Bulletin 2007/28
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Application number:
05809890.6
(22)
Date of filing:
20.10.2005
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
G06F
19/00
(2006.01)
A61B
5/083
(2006.01)
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International application number:
PCT/US2005/037735
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International publication number:
WO 2006/047212
(
04.05.2006
Gazette 2006/18)
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Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT
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Priority:
25.10.2004
US 973815
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Applicant:
RIC Investments, LLC.
Wilmington, DE 19801-1545 (US)
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Inventors:
KÜCK, Kai
22419 Hamburg (DE)
ORR, Joseph
Park City, UT 84098 (US)
BREWER, Lara
Bountiful, UT 84010 (US)
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Representative:
de Vries, Johannes Hendrik Fokke et al
De Vries & Metman Overschiestraat 180
1062 XK Amsterdam
1062 XK Amsterdam (NL)
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTIVE LUNG VOLUME ESTIMATION