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EP 1 011 498 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 28.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/26 (21) Application number: 98922974.5 (22) Date of filing: 26.05.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61B 17/41 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9801/523 (87) International publication number: WO 9852/481 (26.11.1998 Gazette 1998/47)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 23.05.1997 GB 9710562 (71) Applicant: MEDICAL LASER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Inverkeithing, Fife KY11 1HY (GB)	(72) Inventor: COLLES, Michael, John Lanarkshire ML12 6JJ (GB) (74) Representative: Murnane, Graham John et al Murgitroyd & Company,373 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8QA Glasgow G5 8QA (GB)