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EP 1 567 050 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 31.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/35 (21) Application number: 03809780.4 (22) Date of filing: 29.10.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61B 5/00, A61B 6/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB2003/004672 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/039255 (13.05.2004 Gazette 2004/20)

(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 (30) Priority: 29.10.2002 GB 0225060 (71) Applicant: ASTRON CLINICA LIMITED Cambridge CB3 7RL (GB)	(72) Inventor: COTTON, Symon, D'oyly Great Gransden,Cambridgeshire SG19 3AF (GB) (74) Representative: Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis et al BERESFORD & Co. 16 High Holborn London WC1V 6BX London WC1V 6BX (GB)