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(43) Date of publication: 10.07.2024 Bulletin 2024/28 (21) Application number: 22865292.1 (22) Date of filing: 16.08.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 17/68(2006.01) A61B 17/84(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 17/1615; A61F 2/30; A61B 17/846; A61F 2002/4631; A61B 17/866; A61F 2002/30011; A61F 2002/3092; A61F 2/4603; A61F 2002/30985; B33Y 80/00; A61F 2/3094; A61F 2/30749; A61F 2002/3085; A61F 2310/00353; A61F 2002/3093; A61F 2/38 (86) International application number: PCT/US2022/040466 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/034019 (09.03.2023 Gazette 2023/10)

(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: 01.09.2021 US 202163239742 P (71) Applicant: Trauner, Kenneth B. San Francisco, CA 94123 (US)	(72) Inventors: COALE, Bradford J. Chester, NJ 07930 (US) TRAUNER, Kenneth B. San Francisco, CA 94123 (US) (74) Representative: Dehns  St. Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD London EC4Y 8JD (GB)