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EP 0 584 059 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 02.03.1994 Bulletin 1994/09 (21) Application number: 91909251.0 (22) Date of filing: 07.05.1991

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61J 7/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1991/000727 (87) International publication number: WO 1992/019207 (12.11.1992 Gazette 1992/28)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB (71) Applicant: SEA-BAND UK LIMITED Hinckley, Leicestershire LE10 1DW (GB)	(72) Inventor: THORPE, Shirley, Ann 6 Stoneleigh Way Leicester LE3 9TD (GB) (74) Representative: SERJEANTS  25, The Crescent King Street Leicester, LE1 6RX Leicester, LE1 6RX (GB)