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EP 1 937 349 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 10.05.2007 (43) Date of publication: 02.07.2008 Bulletin 2008/27 (21) Application number: 06745192.2 (22) Date of filing: 29.06.2006

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 31/00(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/IL2006/000761 (87) International publication number: WO 2007/004215 (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: 05.07.2005 US 696857 P (71) Applicant: Neovasc Medical Ltd. Or Yehuda 60376 (IL)	(72) Inventor: BEN-MUVHAR, Shmuel 10815 (IL) (74) Representative: Merrifield, Sarah Elizabeth  Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)