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EP 1 799 299 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 15.02.2007 (43) Date of publication: 27.06.2007 Bulletin 2007/26 (21) Application number: 05795400.0 (22) Date of filing: 08.09.2005

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61N 1/06(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2005/031808 (87) International publication number: WO 2006/029186 (16.03.2006 Gazette 2006/11)

(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 LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL BA HR MK YU (30) Priority: 08.09.2004 US 608077 P (71) Applicant: Transoma Medical, Inc. St. Paul, MN 55126 (US)	(72) Inventor: BROCKWAY, Brian Shoreview, Minnesota 55126 (US) (74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund  Gill Jennings & Every LLP Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)