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EP 0 374 215 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 27.06.1990 Bulletin 1990/26 (21) Application number: 89905350.0 (22) Date of filing: 18.04.1989

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61F 9/ 04( . ) A61B 19/ 00( . ) A41D 13/ 11( . ) A61F 9/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1989/001629 (87) International publication number: WO 1989/010106 (02.11.1989 Gazette 1989/26)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE (30) Priority: 22.04.1988 US 19880184672 (71) Applicant: RUSSELL, John, Patrick Gardendale, AL 35071 (US)	(72) Inventor: RUSSELL, John, Patrick Gardendale, AL 35071 (US) (74) Representative: Godsill, John Kenneth  Haseltine Lake & Co. Hazlitt House 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane London WC2A 1AT London WC2A 1AT (GB)