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EP 0 278 951 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 24.08.1988 Bulletin 1988/34 (21) Application number: 86905871.0 (22) Date of filing: 22.09.1986

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A41G 1/ 00( . ) A61L 9/ 12( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1986/000567 (87) International publication number: WO 1987/001565 (26.03.1987 Gazette 1987/07)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE FR IT LI LU NL SE (30) Priority: 20.09.1985 GB 19850023316 (71) Applicant: MEDICAL EXPRESS (U.K.) LIMITED London SW18 4JQ (GB)	(72) Inventor: BUTCHER, Gregory, Miles, Standish Surrey (GB) (74) Representative: March, Gary C.  KINGS PATENT AGENCY 73 Farrington Road London EC1M 3JB London EC1M 3JB (GB)