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(88) Date of publication A3: 02.04.2009 (43) Date of publication: 07.10.2009 Bulletin 2009/41 (21) Application number: 07809483.6 (22) Date of filing: 11.06.2007

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61N 1/372(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2007/013780 (87) International publication number: WO 2007/146287 (21.12.2007 Gazette 2007/51)

(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 (30) Priority: 24.01.2007 US 657877 (71) Applicant: Leptos Biomedical, Inc. Fridley, Minnesota 55432-3307 (US)	(72) Inventor: DOBAK, John, D. La Jolla, CA 92037 (US) (74) Representative: Brand, Thomas Louis  W.P. Thompson & Co. 55 Drury Lane London WC2B 5SQ London WC2B 5SQ (GB)