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(43) Date of publication: 09.10.1996 Bulletin 1996/41 (21) Application number: 95906051.0 (22) Date of filing: 19.12.1994

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 1/ 10( . ) B29C 41/ 14( . ) A61M 25/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1994/014721 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/017219 (29.06.1995 Gazette 1995/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR GB IT (30) Priority: 20.12.1993 US 19930170513 (71) Applicant: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. St. Paul, MN 55117 (US)	(72) Inventors: EDELMAN, William Sharon, MA 02067 (US) KIERAS, Mark, Thomas Newburyport, MA 01950 (US) MAJESKI, Peter, T. Cambridge, MA 02140 (US) (74) Representative: Marsh, Roy David, et al  Hoffmann Eitle & Partner Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München 81925 München (DE)