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(43) Date of publication: 31.05.1995 Bulletin 1995/22 (21) Application number: 93918010.0 (22) Date of filing: 12.08.1993

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 17/ 34( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1993/001712 (87) International publication number: WO 1994/004082 (03.03.1994 Gazette 1994/06)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 13.08.1992 GB 19920017143 (71) Applicant: ADVANCED SURGICAL LTD. Bicester, Oxon. OX6 0TZ (GB)	(72) Inventors: HOSKIN, William, John 5 Long Buftlers Hertfordshire AL5 1JF (GB) KEMP, Nicholas, Richard 101 Ashton Road Bedfordshire LU1 3QQ (GB) (74) Representative: Jukes, Herbert Lewis, et al  Swann, Elt & Company 31 Beaumont Street Oxford OX1 2NP Oxford OX1 2NP (GB)