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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
SOUTHAMPrON ENGLAND
TO FROM
A.L. Heard Esq. K.J.H. MacLean
REF KJHM/FL/32 OTS DATE 5th June 1989
DEL BON AG
As you will recall, it was decided to invite
representatives of the above Swiss Company to R&D
Centre
after they had written to us concerning a new
product
that might be of interest to a tobacco company.
As a result, Messrs. A. Stucki and F. Del Bon
visited
here on 2nd June 1989 and were seen by Richard
Baker and
me.
Their product is, in fact, a form of gas inhaler,
the
gas that they are concentrating on at the moment
being
oxygen. The oxygen is stored in a cylindrical
pressure
vessel at a pressure of 50 bar. A valve unit,
operable
by a finger trigger or by action of the teeth,
permits
the user to inhale a predetermined amount of
oxygen.
Mr Stucki is a psychologist specialising in
addiction.
He has employed Del Bon AG for the development of
prototypes, examples of which we were shown, as
well as
manufacturing and gas filling equipment.
Enclosed herewith you will find an information
sheet and
photographs of the prototypes.
What is on offer initially, for a payment of
350,000 US
dollars, is a two months exclusive option. We told
Stucki and Del Ban that our first step would be to
decide if we are interested in principle in the
type of
device that they have developed.
I should be grateful to learn of your views on
this.
CD
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BATCo document for Province of BritiSh Columbia 1
November 1999