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(43) Date of publication: 04.09.2024 Bulletin 2024/36 (21) Application number: 22801204.3 (22) Date of filing: 27.10.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 5/00(2006.01) A61M 5/34(2006.01) A61M 5/32(2006.01) A61M 5/315(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61M 2005/31588; A61M 2005/3201; A61M 2205/0294; A61M 2205/197; A61M 5/007; A61M 5/3286; A61M 5/3291; A61M 5/3293; A61M 5/3295; A61M 5/343 (86) International application number: PCT/GB2022/052737 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/073374 (04.05.2023 Gazette 2023/18)

(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 ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 28.10.2021 GB 202115495 (71) Applicant: Active Needle Technology Ltd Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB (GB)	(72) Inventors: QUIRK, Ian Hugh Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 3DB (GB) SADIQ, Muhammad Rohaan Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 3DB (GB) IRVINE, Michael Peter Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 3DB (GB) (74) Representative: Dehns  St. Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD London EC4Y 8JD (GB)