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(43) Date of publication: 15.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/46 (21) Application number: 98903657.9 (22) Date of filing: 21.01.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61F 6/08, B29C 45/18 (86) International application number: PCT/US9801/264 (87) International publication number: WO 9937/259 (29.07.1999 Gazette 1999/30)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (71) Applicant: Veos France Eurl 92100 Boulogne Billancourt (FR)	(72) Inventor: LAVEAN, Michael, G. Saranac, MI 48881 (US) (74) Representative: Price, Nigel John King  J.A. KEMP & CO.14 South SquareGray's Inn London WC1R 5LX London WC1R 5LX (GB)