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EP 1 087 736 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 04.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/14 (21) Application number: 99928881.4 (22) Date of filing: 17.06.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61F 9/007, G01S 17/08, A61N 5/06 (86) International application number: PCT/AU9900/479 (87) International publication number: WO 9965/431 (23.12.1999 Gazette 1999/51)

(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: 17.06.1998 AU PP420298 (71) Applicant: The Lions Eye Institute of Western Australia Incorporated Nedlands, W.A. 6009 (AU)	(72) Inventor: VAN SAARLOOS, Paul, Phillip Karrinyup, W.A. 6018 (AU) (74) Representative: Piésold, Alexander J.  Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)