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EP 1 180 046 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 05.04.2001 (43) Date of publication: 20.02.2002 Bulletin 2002/08 (21) Application number: 00931402.2 (22) Date of filing: 19.05.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61M 5/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB0001/922 (87) International publication number: WO 0071/185 (30.11.2000 Gazette 2000/48)

(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: 19.05.1999 GB 9911663 15.10.1999 GB 9924533 (71) Applicant: WESTON MEDICAL LIMITED Eye, Suffolk IP21 5JG (GB)	(72) Inventor: WESTON, Terence Edward Eye,Suffolk IP21 5NG (GB) (74) Representative: Boon, Graham Anthony  Elkington and Fife, Prospect House, 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR (GB)