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EP 2 073 695 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 01.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/27 (21) Application number: 06815469.9 (22) Date of filing: 26.09.2006

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 5/00(2006.01) A61B 5/02(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2006/037484 (87) International publication number: WO 2008/039187 (03.04.2008 Gazette 2008/14)

(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 (71) Applicant: Woolsthorpe Technologies, LLC Brentwood TN 37027 (US)	(72) Inventor: STERLING Bernhard B. Alamo CA 94507 (US) (74) Representative: Charlton, Peter John  Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR (GB)