(19)
(11)
EP 0 752 832 A1
(12)
(43)
Date of publication:
15.01.1997
Bulletin 1997/03
(21)
Application number:
95904685.0
(22)
Date of filing:
19.01.1995
(51)
International Patent Classification (IPC):
A61B
5/
107
( . )
G01F
17/
00
( . )
A61F
2/
00
( . )
A61B
19/
00
( . )
A61B
17/
00
( . )
(86)
International application number:
PCT/IB1995/000042
(87)
International publication number:
WO 1995/026689
(
12.10.1995
Gazette 1995/43)
(84)
Designated Contracting States:
AT CH DE FR GB IT LI
(30)
Priority:
31.03.1994
US 19940221309
(71)
Applicant:
HOWMEDICA INC.
New York New York 10017 (US)
(72)
Inventor:
BAO, Qi-Bin
Livingston, NJ 07039 (US)
(74)
Representative:
Ruddock, Keith Stephen, et al
Pfizer Limited, European Patent Department, Ramsgate Road
Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ
Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ (GB)
(54)
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