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EP 1 460 979 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 29.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/40 (21) Application number: 02804288.5 (22) Date of filing: 28.11.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61F 5/055 (86) International application number: PCT/GB2002/005408 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/047474 (12.06.2003 Gazette 2003/24)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 28.11.2001 GB 0128426 (71) Applicant: Dearlove, Mark Andrew Kidderminster DY11 4TS (GB)	(72) Inventor: Dearlove, Mark Andrew Kidderminster DY11 4TS (GB) (74) Representative: Wilson, Alan Stuart  Barker Brettell,138 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW Birmingham B16 9PW (GB)