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EP 1 152 693 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 14.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/46 (21) Application number: 00969333.4 (22) Date of filing: 27.09.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61B 8/00 (86) International application number: PCT/EP0009/506 (87) International publication number: WO 0124/704 (12.04.2001 Gazette 2001/15)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 01.10.1999 US 411178 (71) Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. 5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)	(72) Inventor: TAKATORI, Sonja, A. NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL) (74) Representative: Lottin, Claudine  Philips Corporate Intellectual Property,156 Boulevard Haussmann 75008 Paris 75008 Paris (FR)