(19)
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EP 0 723 424 A1
(12)
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Date of publication:
31.07.1996
Bulletin 1996/31
(21)
Application number:
94930622.0
(22)
Date of filing:
05.10.1994
(51)
International Patent Classification (IPC):
A61B
17/
04
( . )
A61B
19/
00
( . )
A61B
17/
06
( . )
(86)
International application number:
PCT/US1994/011337
(87)
International publication number:
WO 1995/010231
(
20.04.1995
Gazette 1995/17)
(84)
Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT NL
(30)
Priority:
12.10.1993
US 19930134561
22.07.1994
US 19940279367
(71)
Applicant:
ADVANCED SURGICAL, INC.
Princeton, NJ 08540 (US)
(72)
Inventor:
BUELNA, Terry
Luguna Beach, CA 92651 (US)
(74)
Representative:
Diehl, Hermann, Dr. Dipl.-Phys.
DIEHL, GLÄSER, HILTL & PARTNER Patentanwälte Flüggenstrasse 13
80639 München
80639 München (DE)
(54)
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