MEASUREMENT OF CARDIAC OUTPUT AND BLOOD VOLUME BY NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF INDICATOR DILUTION FOR HEMODIALYSIS - Patent 2023803

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EP 2 023 803 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.04.2008

(43)	Date of publication:
	18.02.2009 Bulletin 2009/08

(21)	Application number: 07794533.5

(22)	Date of filing: 03.05.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 5/00^(2006.01)

A61N 2/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2007/010786

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2007/136521 (29.11.2007 Gazette 2007/48)

(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 MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK RS

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Priority:

17.05.2006 US 747464 P

(71)	Applicant: Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California
	Los Angeles, CA 90089-1112 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	RUBINSTEIN, Eduardo, H. Los Angeles, CA 90049 (US) HOLSCHNEIDER, Daniel, P. Los Angeles, CA 90077 (US) MAAREK, Jean-Michel Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hill, Justin John et al
	McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP 7 Bishopsgate London EC2N 3AR London EC2N 3AR (GB)

(54)	MEASUREMENT OF CARDIAC OUTPUT AND BLOOD VOLUME BY NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF INDICATOR DILUTION FOR HEMODIALYSIS