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Method for controlling an expiratory valve in a ventilator

EP 0965357 B1 · Applicant: Siemens-Elema AB

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  • Filed May 11, 1999 and granted March 7, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 11, 2019.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by November 11, 2024.
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FiledMay 11, 1999
PublishedDecember 22, 1999
GrantedMarch 7, 2007
Term endedMay 11, 2019
Application numberEP 99109454
Classification (CPC)A61M16/20 +2 more

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