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(88) Date of publication A3: 18.01.2001 (43) Date of publication: 19.12.2001 Bulletin 2001/51 (21) Application number: 00916709.9 (22) Date of filing: 17.03.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61F 13/34 (86) International application number: PCT/BR0000/022 (87) International publication number: WO 0054/714 (21.09.2000 Gazette 2000/38)

(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: 17.03.1999 BR 9901167 (71) Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Industria e Comercio Ltda. 05501-030 Sao Paulo, SP (BR)	(72) Inventor: PASSOS PROGLHOF, Igor, Philip Sao José dos Campos, SP (BR) (74) Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul et al Carpmaels & Ransford 43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)