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EP 1 659 948 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 31.05.2006 Bulletin 2006/22 (21) Application number: 04769820.4 (22) Date of filing: 18.08.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 8/00(1985.01) G01S 7/52(1968.09) (86) International application number: PCT/IB2004/051485 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/018458 (03.03.2005 Gazette 2005/09)

(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 PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 25.08.2003 US 497663 P (71) Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. 5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)	(72) Inventor: KINICKI, Rachel Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510-8001 (US) (74) Representative: Landousy, Christian  Société Civile SPID, 156, Boulevard Haussmann 75008 Paris 75008 Paris (FR)