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(43) Date of publication: 07.06.2006 Bulletin 2006/23 (21) Application number: 04724316.7 (22) Date of filing: 30.03.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61L 9/12(1980.01) A61L 9/012(2000.01) A01M 1/20(1968.09) A45D 34/02(1968.09) C11D 3/50(1985.01) A61L 9/01(1974.07) A61L 9/04(1968.09) A45D 34/00(1968.09) A61K 8/03(0000.00) F24F 3/12(1968.09) (86) International application number: PCT/GB2004/001346 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/087225 (14.10.2004 Gazette 2004/42)

(84) Designated Contracting States: FR GB (30) Priority: 04.04.2003 GB 0307767 (71) Applicant: Robert McBride Ltd Middleton, Manchester M24 4DP (GB)	(72) Inventors: Pickering, John Daniel Robert Tiverton, Devon EX16 5JP (GB) Payne, John Stanley Earith, Cambridgeshire PE28 3QZ (GB) (74) Representative: Newstead, Michael John et al Page Hargrave Southgate Whitefriars Lewins Mead Bristol BS1 2NT Bristol BS1 2NT (GB)