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(88) Date of publication A3: 14.08.2003 (43) Date of publication: 15.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/51 (21) Application number: 01966596.7 (22) Date of filing: 06.09.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61B 5/05 (86) International application number: PCT/US2001/027589 (87) International publication number: WO 2002/020084 (14.03.2002 Gazette 2002/11)

(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: 07.09.2000 US 656878 (71) Applicant: Carl Zeiss 73447 Oberkochen (DE)	(72) Inventors: THOMSON, Euan Harvard, MA 01451 (US) SLISKI, Alan, P. Lincoln, MA 01773 (US) (74) Representative: Hill, Justin John et al McDermott, Will & Emery,7 Bishopsgate London EC2N 3AR London EC2N 3AR (GB)