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(43) Date of publication: 17.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/46 (21) Application number: 96940090.0 (22) Date of filing: 15.11.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 10/ 00( . ) G01N 33/ 483( . ) A61B 10/ 02( . ) A61B 17/ 32( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/IB1996/001440 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/018009 (22.05.1997 Gazette 1997/22)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 15.11.1995 US 19950558840 (71) Applicant: Genelink, Inc. Margate, NJ 08402 (US)	(72) Inventors: DELGUERCIO, Edmund, T. Media, PA 19342 (US) RICCIARDI, Robert, P. Glenn Mills, PA 19342 (US) DEPHILLIPO, John Margate, NJ 08402 (US) (74) Representative: Onn, Thorsten, et al  AB STOCKHOLMS PATENTBYRA Box 23101 104 35 Stockholm 104 35 Stockholm (SE)