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EP 0 955 888 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 17.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/46 (21) Application number: 97946026.0 (22) Date of filing: 27.11.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 8/ 06( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/IL1997/000392 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/023211 (04.06.1998 Gazette 1998/22)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 28.11.1996 IL 19960119713 (71) Applicant: Diasonics Israel Ltd. Tirat Carmel 30200 (IL)	(72) Inventors: FRIEDMAN, Zvi 27000 Kiriat Bialik (IL) HALMANN, Menachem Haifa 34980 (IL) (74) Representative: de Bruijn, Leendert C.  Nederlandsch Octrooibureau P.O. Box 29720 2502 LS Den Haag 2502 LS Den Haag (NL)