(19)
(11)
EP 0 315 675 A1
(12)
(43)
Date of publication:
17.05.1989
Bulletin 1989/20
(21)
Application number:
88905292.0
(22)
Date of filing:
23.05.1988
(51)
International Patent Classification (IPC):
A61F
5/
02
( . )
A61F
5/
058
( . )
A61F
5/
01
( . )
A61F
7/
02
( . )
(86)
International application number:
PCT/US1988/001712
(87)
International publication number:
WO 1988/009156
(
01.12.1988
Gazette 1988/26)
(84)
Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE
(30)
Priority:
29.05.1987
US 19870055711
16.03.1988
US 19880168681
(71)
Applicant:
ROYCE MEDICAL COMPANY
Culver City, CA 90232 (US)
(72)
Inventor:
GRIM, Tracy, E.
Broken Arrow, OK 74134 (US)
(74)
Representative:
Godsill, John Kenneth, et al
Haseltine Lake & Co. Hazlitt House 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1AT
London WC2A 1AT (GB)
(54)
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