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(43) Date of publication: 13.03.2024 Bulletin 2024/11 (21) Application number: 22723779.9 (22) Date of filing: 02.05.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 1/00(2006.01) A61B 90/00(2016.01) A61B 34/10(2016.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 2034/101; A61B 2034/107; A61B 2090/365; A61B 1/00009; A61B 1/00097 (86) International application number: PCT/IB2022/054037 (87) International publication number: WO 2022/234431 (10.11.2022 Gazette 2022/45)

(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: 06.05.2021 US 202163185186 P 12.04.2022 US 202217719007 (71) Applicant: Covidien LP Mansfield, MA 02048 (US)	(72) Inventors: TATA, Derek Scot Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048 (US) INGLIS, Peter Douglas Colin Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048 (US) HAUSE, Alexandra R. Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048 (US) (74) Representative: Hargreaves, Timothy Edward  Marks & Clerk LLP 40 Torphichen Street Edinburgh EH3 8JB Edinburgh EH3 8JB (GB)