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(43) Date of publication: 26.02.2003 Bulletin 2003/09 (21) Application number: 01929836.3 (22) Date of filing: 16.05.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61M 5/30, A61M 5/178 (86) International application number: PCT/GB0102/156 (87) International publication number: WO 0108/7385 (22.11.2001 Gazette 2001/47)

(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: 16.05.2000 GB 0011615 09.11.2000 GB 0027402 (71) Applicant: WESTON MEDICAL LIMITED Stradbroke,Eye,Suffolk IP21 5JG (GB)	(72) Inventors: WESTON, Terence Edward EyeSuffolk IP21 5NG (GB) NUSSEY, Matthew Simon Worrall,Sheffield S35 0AU (GB) (74) Representative: Ertl, Nicholas Justin  Elkington and Fife,Prospect House,8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks,Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks,Kent TN13 1XR (GB)