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(43) Date of publication: 18.06.2008 Bulletin 2008/25 (21) Application number: 06785935.5 (22) Date of filing: 29.06.2006

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 25/06(2006.01) A61M 25/00(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2006/025537 (87) International publication number: WO 2007/005584 (11.01.2007 Gazette 2007/02)

(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: 30.06.2005 US 695602 P 30.06.2005 US 695464 P 28.06.2006 US 427301 28.06.2006 US 427306 28.06.2006 US 427308 (71) Applicant: Abbott Laboratories Redwood City, CA 94063 (US)	(72) Inventors: VOSS, Laveille, Kao Belmont, CA 94002 (US) ROWE, Douglas San Jose, CA 95117 (US) MCINTOSH, Scott Sunnyvale, CA 94087 (US) MA, Dawn San Jose, CA 95132 (US) (74) Representative: McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell  Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)