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(11) EP 0 652 729 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
17.05.1995 Bulletin 1995/20

(21) Application number: 93904953.0

(22) Date of filing: 05.02.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 17/ 00( . )
A61B 18/ 24( . )
A61B 17/ 22( . )
 A61B 18/ 00( . )
A61M 25/ 088( . )
A61B 18/ 22( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1993/001077
(87) International publication number:
WO 1993/015664 (19.08.1993 Gazette 1993/20)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 06.02.1992 US 19920832115

(71) Applicant: American Medical Systems, Inc.
Minnetonka Minnesota 55343 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • MAKOWER, Joshua
    Nanuet, NY 10954 (US)
  • BURTON, John, H.
    Minnetonka, MN 55345 (US)
  • COLLISON, Michael
    Goleta, CA 93117 (US)
  • McNICHOLAS, Thomas, A. Little Lodge London Road
    Hertfordshire SG4 9EW (GB)
  • REDMOND, Russell, J.
    Goleta, CA 93117 (US)
  • TIHON, Claude
    Eden Prairie, MN 55347 (US)
  • VIDAL, Claude, A.
    Santa Barbara, CA 93111 (US)

(74) Representative: Haug, Dietmar 
Patentanwälte Andrae, Flach, Haug, Kneissl Balanstrasse 55
D-81541 München
D-81541 München (DE)

   


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