OPTICALLY GUIDED SYSTEM FOR PRECISE PLACEMENT OF A MEDICAL CATHETER IN A PATIENT - Patent 1811897

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EP 1 811 897 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	06.07.2006

(43)	Date of publication:
	01.08.2007 Bulletin 2007/31

(21)	Application number: 05802549.5

(22)	Date of filing: 04.10.2005

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 5/05^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2005/035611

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2006/049787 (11.05.2006 Gazette 2006/19)

(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 LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

02.11.2004 US 482190
04.11.2004 US 625002 P

(71)	Applicants:
	THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia, PA 19104 (US) Wilson, David F. Philadelphia, PA 19104 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	SCHEARS, Gregory, J. Rochester, MN 55906 (US)

(74)	Representative: Charig, Raymond Julian
	Eric Potter Clarkson Park View House 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD Nottingham NG1 5DD (GB)

(54)	OPTICALLY GUIDED SYSTEM FOR PRECISE PLACEMENT OF A MEDICAL CATHETER IN A PATIENT