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EP 1 231 862 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 13.06.2002 (43) Date of publication: 21.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/34 (21) Application number: 99951078.7 (22) Date of filing: 24.10.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61B 8/08 (86) International application number: PCT/IL9900/560 (87) International publication number: WO 0002/4306 (04.05.2000 Gazette 2000/18)

(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: 26.10.1998 IL 12674298 (71) Applicant: Ultraguide Ltd. 39032 Tirat Hacarmel Industrial Park (IL)	(72) Inventor: PALTIELI, Yoav 34602 Haifa (IL) (74) Representative: Hague, Alison Jane  Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)