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(43) Date of publication: 10.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/45 (21) Application number: 95936060.0 (22) Date of filing: 10.10.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61J 7/ 00( . ) G06Q 50/ 22( . ) G06Q 10/ 08( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/IB1995/001025 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/014104 (17.04.1997 Gazette 1997/17)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT DE FR GB IT SE (71) Applicant: OMNICELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Palo Alto, CA 94303-4235 (US)	(72) Inventors: HIGHAM, John, D. Menlo Park, CA 94025 (US) GODLEWSKI, Peter, P. San Carlos, CA 94070 (US) ARNOLD, Richard, C. San Jose, CA 95120 (US) (74) Representative: Bayliss, Geoffrey Cyril  BOULT WADE TENNANT, 27 Furnival Street London EC4A 1PQ London EC4A 1PQ (GB)