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EP 0 959 932 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 01.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/48 (21) Application number: 97929587.0 (22) Date of filing: 07.07.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 25/ 00( . ) A61M 36/ 04( . ) A61N 5/ 10( . ) A61M 25/ 06( . ) A61M 36/ 12( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/NL1997/000390 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/001179 (15.01.1998 Gazette 1998/02)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE (30) Priority: 08.07.1996 NL 19961003542 (71) Applicant: Delft Instruments Intellectual Property B.V. 2600 MD Delft (NL)	(72) Inventors: LÖFFLER, Edgar, German D-47533 Kleve (DE) SPEISER, Burton, Lyle Scottsdale, AZ 85253 (US) (74) Representative: van der Burg, Louis  Delft Instruments Intellectual Property B.V. P.O. Box 72 2600 MD Delft 2600 MD Delft (NL)