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(43) Date of publication: 02.10.2013 Bulletin 2013/40 (21) Application number: 10860030.5 (22) Date of filing: 23.11.2010

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 31/00(2006.01) A61M 25/09(2006.01) A61M 29/02(2006.01) A61M 25/01(2006.01) A61M 25/10(2013.01) A61M 39/08(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2010/057736 (87) International publication number: WO 2012/071031 (31.05.2012 Gazette 2012/22)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL 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 RS SE SI SK SM TR (71) Applicant: Treus Medical, Inc. Redwood City, CA 94061 (US)

(72) Inventors: VAN DAM, Jacques San Carlos CA 94070 (US) JULIAN, Chris Los Gatos CA 95033 (US) KREIDLER, Marc Sunnyvale CA 94086 (US) KNISLEY, Eric Weston FL 33331 (US) MILROY, James, Craig Palo Alto CA 94303 (US) OHLINE, Robert, Matthew Redwood City CA 94061 (US) SWINEHART, Charles San Jose CA 95131 (US) (74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser  Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München 80802 München (DE)