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(11) EP 4 280 931 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
29.11.2023 Bulletin 2023/48

(21) Application number: 22702098.9

(22) Date of filing: 11.01.2022
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 1/005(2006.01)
A61B 1/00(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61B 1/0057; A61B 1/00006
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2022/011931
(87) International publication number:
WO 2022/159303 (28.07.2022 Gazette 2022/30)
(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: 20.01.2021 US 202163139591 P
21.12.2021 US 202117557505

(71) Applicant: Covidien LP
Mansfield, MA 02048 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • PHILLIPS, Matthew J.
    Carlsbad, California 92008 (US)
  • KASIMATIS, Amand
    Carlsbad, California 92008 (US)

(74) Representative: Hargreaves, Timothy Edward 
Marks & Clerk LLP 40 Torphichen Street
Edinburgh EH3 8JB
Edinburgh EH3 8JB (GB)

   


(54) STEERABLE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD