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(11) EP 2 037 995 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.02.2008

(43) Date of publication:
25.03.2009 Bulletin 2009/13

(21) Application number: 07761145.7

(22) Date of filing: 23.04.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61M 25/00(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2007/067244
(87) International publication number:
WO 2007/124501 (01.11.2007 Gazette 2007/44)
(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

(30) Priority: 21.04.2006 US 793781 P
20.04.2007 US 738386
20.04.2007 US 738384

(71) Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Abbott Park, IL 60064 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • VON OEPEN, Randolf
    Los Altos Hills, CA 94024 (US)
  • COFFEY, Lorcan
    72076 Tuebingen (DE)
  • REITH, Thomas
    Hirrlingen 72145 (DE)
  • NEWHAUSER, Richard
    Redwood City, CA 94062 (US)
  • YRIBARREN, Travis
    San Mateo, CA 94401 (US)
  • GIANOTTI, Marc
    Portola Valley, CA 944028 (US)
  • UIHLEIN, Bernhard
    72581 Dettingen (DE)
  • CLARK, Ian J.
    West Bloomfield, MI 48322 (US)

(74) Representative: McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell 
Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT
London WC1X 8BT (GB)

   


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