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(11) EP 1 804 662 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
11.07.2007 Bulletin 2007/28

(21) Application number: 05789050.1

(22) Date of filing: 16.09.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 5/055(2006.01)
G01R 33/28(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2005/053048
(87) International publication number:
WO 2006/033066 (30.03.2006 Gazette 2006/13)
(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

(30) Priority: 23.09.2004 EP 04104625

(71) Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)

(72) Inventor:
  • BREEUWER, Marcel
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)

(74) Representative: Cohen, Julius Simon 
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, P.O. Box 220
5600 AE Eindhoven
5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)

   


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