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(43) Date of publication: 04.06.1997 Bulletin 1997/23 (21) Application number: 95912546.0 (22) Date of filing: 30.01.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61N 1/ 40( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1995/000938 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/004957 (22.02.1996 Gazette 1996/09)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT CH DE GB IE LI LU MC (30) Priority: 17.08.1994 US 19940291843 (71) Applicant: MAGNETIC RESONANCE THERAPEUTICS, INC. Pompano Beach, FL 33069 (US)	(72) Inventors: RAUCH, Thomas Conyers, GA 30208 (US) PILLA, Arthur, A. Ridgewood, NJ 07654 (US) OH, Se, Y. Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 (US) (74) Representative: Jackson, Richard Eric  Carpmaels & Ransford, 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)