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EP 0 440 718 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 14.08.1991 Bulletin 1991/33 (21) Application number: 89912271.0 (22) Date of filing: 27.10.1989

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61L 29/ 04( . ) A61M 25/ 00( . ) A61L 29/ 08( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1989/001288 (87) International publication number: WO 1990/004430 (03.05.1990 Gazette 1990/10)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE DE FR GB IT LU NL (30) Priority: 28.10.1988 GB 19880025236 (71) Applicant: WARNE SURGICAL PRODUCTS LIMITED Lurgan, County Armagh BT66 8 RD Northern Ireland (GB)	(72) Inventor: PERRY, Colin, Edward County Down BT32 3DB (GB) (74) Representative: Allen, Oliver John Richard  Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co. Norman House 105-109 Strand London, WC2R 0AE London, WC2R 0AE (GB)