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(43) Date of publication: 24.07.1996 Bulletin 1996/30 (21) Application number: 95922992.0 (22) Date of filing: 07.06.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 3/ 10( . ) G01B 11/ 255( . ) A61B 3/ 107( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1995/007214 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/004839 (22.02.1996 Gazette 1996/09)

(84) Designated Contracting States: CH DE FR GB IT LI NL (30) Priority: 08.08.1994 US 19940287126 (71) Applicant: COMPUTED ANATOMY INCORPORATED New York, NY 10018 (US)	(72) Inventor: MAMMONE, Richard J. Bridgewater, NJ 08807 (US) (74) Representative: Moutard, Pascal Jean, et al  c/o Société de Protection des Inventions, 25, rue de Ponthieu 75008 Paris 75008 Paris (FR)