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(88) Date of publication A3: 23.09.2010 (43) Date of publication: 26.10.2011 Bulletin 2011/43 (21) Application number: 09838561.0 (22) Date of filing: 11.12.2009

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 5/02(2006.01) A61B 5/04(2006.01) A61B 5/0205(2006.01) A61B 5/0408(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2009/067670 (87) International publication number: WO 2010/082993 (22.07.2010 Gazette 2010/29)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR (30) Priority: 11.12.2008 US 121568 P 11.12.2008 US 121541 P 23.12.2008 US 140169 P 07.10.2009 US 575008 12.11.2009 US 616922 (71) Applicant: Mc10, Inc. Waltham, MA 02451 (US)	(72) Inventors: GHAFFARI, Roozbeh Cambridge MA 02142 (US) CALLSEN, Gilman Malden MA 02148 (US) DE GRAFF, Bassel Don Miguel San Juan (TT) ARORA, William, J. Boston MA 02116 (US) SCHLATKA, Benjamin Lexington MA 02421 (US) KUZNETSOV, Eugene Cambridge MA 02140 (US) (74) Representative: Driver, Virginia Rozanne  Page White & Farrer Bedford House John Street London WC1N 2BF London WC1N 2BF (GB)