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(43) Date of publication: 01.06.2022 Bulletin 2022/22 (21) Application number: 20843879.6 (22) Date of filing: 23.07.2020

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F04B 7/06(2006.01) A61M 5/142(2006.01) A61M 5/14(2006.01) F04B 53/16(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): F04B 7/06; F04B 19/025; F04B 53/162; F04B 53/166; A61M 5/14248; A61M 2005/16863; A61M 5/1684; A61M 5/14216 (86) International application number: PCT/US2020/043266 (87) International publication number: WO 2021/016452 (28.01.2021 Gazette 2021/04)

(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: 25.07.2019 US 201916521685 (71) Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417-1880 (US)

(72) Inventors: PIZZOCHERO, Alessandro E. Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824 (US) GYORY, Richard Sudbury, MA Sudbury, Massachusetts 01778 (US) FOCHT, Kenneth Needham, Massachusetts 02492 (US) FISK, Justin Franklin, Massachusetts 02038 (US) GORDON, Joe Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048 (US) PERRY, Matthew East Greenwich, Rhode Island 02818 (US) D'SOUZA, Ajit Lexington, Massachusetts 02420 (US) PETROFF, Chris Groton, Massachusetts 01450 (US) (74) Representative: dompatent von Kreisler Selting Werner - Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB  Deichmannhaus am Dom Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 50667 Köln 50667 Köln (DE)