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(11) EP 1 019 093 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
19.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/29

(21) Application number: 98946815.2

(22) Date of filing: 17.09.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61K 49/00, G01S 15/89, G01S 7/52
(86) International application number:
PCT/US9818/245
(87) International publication number:
WO 9917/808 (15.04.1999 Gazette 1999/15)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 03.10.1997 US 60790 P
15.01.1998 US 71389 P

(71) Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENTS FOUNDATION
Charlottesville,Virginia 22903 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • FERRARA, Katherine, W.
    Charlottesville, VA 22902 (US)
  • MORGAN, Karen, Elizabeth
    Charlottesville, VA 22903 (US)
  • DAYTON, Paul
    Charlottesville, VA 22903 (US)

(74) Representative: Ebbinghaus, Dieter, Dipl.-Ing. et al
v. Füner Ebbinghaus Finck HanoMariahilfplatz 2 & 3
81541 München
81541 München (DE)

   


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