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(43) Date of publication: 10.09.1997 Bulletin 1997/37 (21) Application number: 95918976.0 (22) Date of filing: 05.05.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 17/ 00( . ) A61B 17/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1995/005578 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/030375 (16.11.1995 Gazette 1995/49)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 06.05.1994 US 19940239348 (71) Applicant: ORIGIN MEDSYSTEMS, INC. Menlo Park, CA 94025 (US)	(72) Inventors: WALLACE, Daniel, T. Mountain View, CA 94041 (US) SMITH, Jeffery, A. Sunnyvale, CA 94029 (US) MUELLER, Richard Byron, CA 94514 (US) MANDATO, Joseph Atherton, CA 94027 (US) MOLL, Frederic, H. San Francisco, CA 94118 (US) (74) Representative: Schmitz, Jean-Marie, et al  Dennemeyer & Associates Sàrl P.O. Box 1502 1015 Luxembourg 1015 Luxembourg (LU)