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(43) Date of publication: 14.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/42 (21) Application number: 96939211.0 (22) Date of filing: 25.11.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61G 7/ 057( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/002895 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/018737 (29.05.1997 Gazette 1997/23)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK FR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE (30) Priority: 23.11.1995 GB 19950023990 18.12.1995 GB 19950025814 (71) Applicant: KCI Medical Ltd. Witney, Oxfordshire OX8 6BH (GB)	(72) Inventor: STACY, Peter Charles Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B61 8RN (GB) (74) Representative: Woodcraft, David Charles  BROOKES & MARTIN High Holborn House 52/54 High Holborn London, WC1V 6SE London, WC1V 6SE (GB)