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EP 0 840 590 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 13.05.1998 Bulletin 1998/20 (21) Application number: 95927471.0 (22) Date of filing: 06.07.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61H 39/ 04( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1995/009449 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/002000 (23.01.1997 Gazette 1997/05)

(84) Designated Contracting States: CH DE FR GB LI (71) Applicant: Milligan, Lee John Littleton, CO 80120 (US)	(72) Inventor: Milligan, Lee John Littleton, CO 80120 (US) (74) Representative: McKeown, Yvonne Mary, et al  c/o MacLachlan & Donaldson, 47 Merrion Square Dublin 2 Dublin 2 (IE)