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EP 1 768 722 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 04.04.2007 Bulletin 2007/14 (21) Application number: 05757823.9 (22) Date of filing: 10.06.2005

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 1/36(2006.01) A61M 25/00(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2005/020663 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/123158 (29.12.2005 Gazette 2005/52)

(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 (30) Priority: 10.06.2004 US 866649 10.06.2004 US 866535 10.06.2004 US 865045 (71) Applicant: Orqis Medical Corporation Lake Forest California 92630 (US)	(72) Inventor: PECOR, Robert Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 (US) (74) Representative: McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell  Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)