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(43) Date of publication: 20.03.2024 Bulletin 2024/12 (21) Application number: 22723930.8 (22) Date of filing: 28.04.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 25/00(2006.01) A61M 25/06(2006.01) A61M 5/14(2006.01) A61M 39/22(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61M 25/0606; A61M 25/0693; A61M 25/0097 (86) International application number: PCT/US2022/026813 (87) International publication number: WO 2022/240594 (17.11.2022 Gazette 2022/46)

(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: 10.05.2021 US 202163186668 P 27.04.2022 US 202217731082 (71) Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 (US)	(72) Inventors: NATESAN, Mohankumar Singapore 659246 (SG) CHENG, Kiat Jin Singapore 570125 (SG) TOH, Say Kiong Singapore 462220 (SG) NAIDU, Jithendra Kumar Sathyanarayana Woodlands Drive-62 Singapore 731682 (SG) (74) Representative: dompatent von Kreisler Selting Werner - Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB  Deichmannhaus am Dom Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 50667 Köln 50667 Köln (DE)