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EP 1 011 454 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 06.05.1999 (43) Date of publication: 28.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/26 (21) Application number: 98938882.2 (22) Date of filing: 17.08.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61B 10/00 (86) International application number: PCT/IL9800/386 (87) International publication number: WO 9912/476 (18.03.1999 Gazette 1999/11)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT CH CY DE ES FR GB IE IT LI NL SE (30) Priority: 10.09.1997 IL 12173497 07.05.1998 IL 12435998 (71) Applicant: Gaber, Benny 76122 Rehovot (IL)	(72) Inventor: Gaber, Benny 76122 Rehovot (IL) (74) Representative: Freed, Arthur Woolf et al Reginald W. Barker & Co.,Cliffords InnFetter Lane London EC4A 1BY London EC4A 1BY (GB)