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(43) Date of publication: 09.11.2011 Bulletin 2011/45 (21) Application number: 09756357.1 (22) Date of filing: 10.11.2009

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 19/00(2006.01) A61B 17/00(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/IB2009/054997 (87) International publication number: WO 2010/076676 (08.07.2010 Gazette 2010/27)

(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: 05.01.2009 US 142404 P (71) Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. 5656 AE Eindhoven (NL)	(72) Inventor: SHEN, Eric Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510-8001 (US) (74) Representative: Van Velzen, Maaike Mathilde  Philips Intellectual Property & Standards P.O. Box 220 5600 AE Eindhoven 5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)