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(88) Date of publication A3: 21.02.2002 (43) Date of publication: 17.04.2002 Bulletin 2002/16 (21) Application number: 01905405.5 (22) Date of filing: 02.02.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61B 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US0103/560 (87) International publication number: WO 0156/356 (09.08.2001 Gazette 2001/32)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 03.02.2000 US 497291 (71) Applicant: Community Integration Technologies Inc. Chelmsford, MA 01824 (US)	(72) Inventors: FRANK, William, F. Jersey City, NJ 07305 (US) THIBODEAU, Robert, J. Gloucester, MA 01930 (US) (74) Representative: Cross, Rupert Edward Blount et al BOULT WADE TENNANT,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)