EP1005877A3
Cuffed tubes
Abstract
A cuffed tracheal tube has a cuff 10, 30 that tapers along its length from a diameter at its patient end less than that of the trachea to a diameter at its machine end greater than that of the trachea. The cuff 10, 30 may have two annular channels 31 and 32 formed around it and spaced from one another, the region 35 between the channels being approximately matched in diameter to that of the trachea

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| Document | Relation | Office | Category | Cited during | Relevant claims |
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| GB1500230A | Cites | United Kingdom | XA | Search report | 1-3,7 |
| GB1542464A | Cites | United Kingdom | X | Search report | 1-3,8 |
| GB2168256A | Cites | United Kingdom | XAY | Search report | 1-5 |
| GB2225955A | Cites | United Kingdom | A | Search report | 4,5,7 |
| GB2326099A | Cites | United Kingdom | PAD | Search report | 1-3,8-10 |
| US3810474A | Cites | United States of America | XD | Search report | 1-3,8-10 |
| US4018231A | Cites | United States of America | Y | Search report | 6 |
| US5819733A | Cites | United States of America | X | Search report | 1-3 |
5 members in 4 offices
Priority claims8
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| 9826428 | United Kingdom | A | |
| 9826428 | United Kingdom | – | |
| 9904757 | United Kingdom | A | |
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| 9826428 | – | – | – |
| 9904757 | – | – | – |
| GB19980026428 | – | – | – |
| GB19990004757 | – | – | – |
Members5
| Document | Office | Kind | |
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| EP1005877A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| AU5950599A | Australia | A | |
| GB2344528A | United Kingdom | A | |
| JP2000167060A | Japan | A | |
| EP1005877A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 |
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| Request for examination filed (corrected)R17P | R17P | |
| Designated contracting states (corrected)RBV | RBV | |
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| Request for examination filed17P | 17P | |
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| Request for extension of the european patentAL;LT;LV;MK;RO;SIAX | AX | |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1005877
- Publication, DOCDB
- 1005877
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP1005877
- Application
- 99308997
- Application, DOCDB
- 99308997
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19990308997
Titles3
- German
- Tubus mit Manschette
- English
- Cuffed tubes
- French
- Tube avec manchon
Classification
- CPC, 3
- A61M16/04
- A61M16/0443
- A61M16/0445
- IPC, 3
- A61M25 04
- A61M16 04
- A61M25 00
Designated states25
- Contracting states, 19
- Austria
- Belgium
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Germany
- Denmark
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Portugal
- Sweden
- Extension states, 6
- Albania
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- North Macedonia
- Romania
- Slovenia