(19)

(11)

EP 1 565 115 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication: 24.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/34 (21) Application number: 03817158.3 (22) Date of filing: 30.05.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61B 17/56 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/016939 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/107996 (16.12.2004 Gazette 2004/51)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (71) Applicant: Medicinelodge, Inc. Logan, UT 84321 (US)	(72) Inventors: CHERVITZ, Alan Palm Harbor, FL 34685 (US) FALLIN, T., Wade Hyde Park, UT 84318 (US) HOY, Robert, W. Logan, UT 84321 (US) (74) Representative: Mötteli-Mantelli, Novella  c/o Moetteli & Associés SàRL, St. Leonhardstrasse 4 9000 St. Gallen 9000 St. Gallen (CH)