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(43) Date of publication: 21.10.2020 Bulletin 2020/43 (21) Application number: 18836608.2 (22) Date of filing: 11.12.2018

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61H 9/00(2006.01) A61F 13/06(2006.01) A61F 5/37(2006.01) A61F 13/08(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/GB2018/053584 (87) International publication number: WO 2019/116017 (20.06.2019 Gazette 2019/25)

(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 Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 11.12.2017 GB 201720617 (71) Applicant: Venous Compression Limited Hungerford Berkshire RG17 0YE (GB)

(72) Inventors: BALLANTINE DYKES, Charles Hugh Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 4LD (GB) COLTHURST, James Richard Hungerford, Berkshire RG17 9DH (GB) GARDNER, Jeremy Paul Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 3QU (GB) CROSSLEY, Robin Alexander Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 9RG (GB) POTTER, Andrea Elise Windsor, Berkshire SL4 5JD (GB) (74) Representative: Greaves Brewster LLP  Copa House Station Road Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3AH Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3AH (GB)