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(88) Date of publication A3: 22.05.2008 (43) Date of publication: 17.06.2009 Bulletin 2009/25 (21) Application number: 07805471.5 (22) Date of filing: 05.09.2007

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 15/06(2006.01) A24F 47/00(2006.01) A61M 11/04(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/IE2007/000081 (87) International publication number: WO 2008/029381 (13.03.2008 Gazette 2008/11)

(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 MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL BA HR MK RS (30) Priority: 05.09.2006 IE 20060658 (71) Applicant: OGLESBY & BUTLER, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED Carlow (IE)	(72) Inventors: OGLESBY, Alfred, Peter County Louth (IE) STOREY, John, Joseph County Laois (IE) (74) Representative: Gorman, Francis Fergus  F. F. Gorman & Co. 15 Clanwilliam Square IRL-Dublin 2 IRL-Dublin 2 (IE)