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(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: Us 7,048,704 B2
Sieller et al. (45) Date of Patent: *May 23,2006
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
patent is extended or adjusted under 35
U.S.C. 154(b) by 505 days.
This patent is subject to a terminal dis-
claimer.
(21) Appl. No.: 10/348,457
(22) Filed: Jan. 21, 2003
(65) Prior Publication Data
US 2003/0144620 Al Jul. 31, 2003
Related U.S. Application Data
(63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/964,636, filed on Sep. 28, 2001, now Pat. No. 6,537,237.
(51) Int. CI.
A61F 5/00 (2006.01)
(52) U.S. CI 602/16; 602/26
(58) Field of Classification Search 602/16,
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