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EP 0 984 717 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 15.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/11 (21) Application number: 98922975.2 (22) Date of filing: 26.05.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61B 5/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9801/524 (87) International publication number: WO 9852/460 (26.11.1998 Gazette 1998/47)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 23.05.1997 GB 9710561 (71) Applicant: MEDICAL LASER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Inverkeithing, Fife KY11 1HY (GB)	(72) Inventor: COLLES, Michael, John Lanarkshire ML12 6JJ (GB) (74) Representative: Pacitti, Pierpaolo A.M.E. et al Murgitroyd and Company373 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8QA Glasgow G5 8QA (GB)