EP1534140A4
Ultrasound array transducer for catheter use
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| EP0782125A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report | 1,15,26 |
| US5054492A | Cites | United States of America | Y | Search report | 19,25-28 |
| US5297553A | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | 1,15,26 |
| US5735282A | Cites | United States of America | Y | Search report | 4,17,21,23,28 |
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| WO8809150A1 | Cites | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | XY | Search report | 1,2 |
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| 0321964 | United States of America | W |
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| AU2003249225A1 | Australia | A1 | |
| US6709396B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| EP1534140A1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A1 | |
| CN1674828A | China | A | |
| CN100411592C | China | C | |
| EP1534140A4This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A4 | |
| CA2492771C | Canada | C | |
| EP1534140B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1534140
- Application
- 37646171
Titles3
- German
- ULTRASCHALLWANDLER FÜR DEN KATHETERGEBRAUCH
- English
- ULTRASOUND ARRAY TRANSDUCER FOR CATHETER USE
- French
- RESEAU DE TRANSDUCTEURS ULTRASONORES UTILISE PAR UN CATHETER
Classification
- CPC, 8
- B06B1/0677
- A61B8/12
- A61B8/4483
- A61B8/4488
- A61B2562/12
- Y10S128/916
- A61B8/445
- Y10T29/42
- IPC, 4
- A61B8 14
- A61B8 12
- B06B1 06
- G10K11 00
Designated states27
- Contracting states, 27
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
and 3 moreShow fewer
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye