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(43) Date of publication: 09.04.1986 Bulletin 1986/15 (21) Application number: 85901883.0 (22) Date of filing: 04.04.1985

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61F 2/ 16( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1985/000573 (87) International publication number: WO 1985/004566 (24.10.1985 Gazette 1985/23)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB SE (30) Priority: 05.04.1984 IT 19840003413 (71) Applicants: LENS S.R.L. 40136 Bologna Via di Roncrio 25 I-Bologna (IT) EPSTEIN, Robert H. Arlington, VA 22202 (US)	(72) Inventor: VERZELLA, Franco Centro di Microchirurgia Oft. I-Bologna (IT) (74) Representative: Rooney, Paul Blaise, et al  D.Young & Co. 10 Staple Inn London WC1V 7RD London WC1V 7RD (GB)