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(43) Date of publication: 25.05.1994 Bulletin 1994/21 (21) Application number: 93913284.0 (22) Date of filing: 03.06.1993

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C09D 11/ 00( . ) C12Q 1/ 00( . ) G01N 27/ 327( . ) H01B 1/ 06( . ) C12M 1/ 40( . ) C12Q 1/ 26( . ) G01N 27/ 416( . ) H05K 1/ 09( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1993/001179 (87) International publication number: WO 1993/025898 (23.12.1993 Gazette 1993/30)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 05.06.1992 GB 19920012010 (60) Divisional application: 04024688.6 /  (71) Applicant: MediSense, Inc. Waltham Massachusetts 02154 (US)	(72) Inventors: FORROW, Nigel Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3SD (GB) WALTERS, Stephen Kirtlington, Oxford OX5 3HD (GB) (74) Representative: Hitchcock, Esmond Antony, et al  Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co., Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1LW London WC1A 1LW (GB)