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(88) Date of publication A3: 05.10.2006 (43) Date of publication: 13.12.2006 Bulletin 2006/50 (21) Application number: 05713071.8 (22) Date of filing: 07.02.2005

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H04R 11/00(2006.01) H04R 25/02(2006.01) A61N 1/08(2006.01) H04R 25/00(2006.01) A61B 7/02(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2005/003897 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/077011 (25.08.2005 Gazette 2005/34)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL BA HR LV MK YU (30) Priority: 06.02.2004 US 542773 P (71) Applicant: InSound Medical, Inc. Newark, California 94560 (US)	(72) Inventors: SHENNIB, Adnan Fremont, CA 94538 (US) KUSHNER, Gregory El Sobrante, CA 94803 (US) URSO, Richard, Carl Redwood City, CA 94062 (US) CONTIOSO, Ralph, Patrick Alviso, CA 95002 (US) (74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät  Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München 80538 München (DE)