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(11) EP 4 387 567 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
26.06.2024 Bulletin 2024/26

(21) Application number: 22754526.6

(22) Date of filing: 25.07.2022
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61F 2/12(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61F 2/12; A61F 2250/0003; A61F 2250/0004; A61B 90/02; A61F 2210/0076; A61F 2250/0069
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2022/056847
(87) International publication number:
WO 2023/021345 (23.02.2023 Gazette 2023/08)
(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: 19.08.2021 US 202163234848 P
14.07.2022 US 202217864507

(71) Applicant: Mentor Worldwide LLC
Irvine CA 92618 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • HOFFMAN, Michael
    Somerville, New Jersey 08876 (US)

(74) Representative: Carpmaels & Ransford LLP 
One Southampton Row
London WC1B 5HA
London WC1B 5HA (GB)

   


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