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(11) EP 4 436 508 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
02.10.2024 Bulletin 2024/40

(21) Application number: 22800820.7

(22) Date of filing: 25.10.2022
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 34/10(2016.01)
A61B 34/00(2016.01)
G06F 3/01(2006.01)
 A61B 34/20(2016.01)
A61B 34/30(2016.01)
G16H 20/40(2018.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61B 34/20; A61B 34/30; G16H 20/40; G06F 3/011; G16H 70/20; G16H 40/63; G16H 30/40; G16H 50/50; G06F 3/016; G06F 3/013; G06F 3/017; G06F 3/015; A61B 2034/105; A61B 2034/107; A61B 2034/2048; A61B 2034/2051; A61B 2034/2053; A61B 2034/2055; A61B 2034/2063; A61B 2034/2065; A61B 2034/256; A61B 2017/00203; A61B 2017/00207; A61B 2017/00216; A61B 90/36; A61B 2090/365; A61B 2090/376; A61B 2090/3784
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2022/060244
(87) International publication number:
WO 2023/094913 (01.06.2023 Gazette 2023/22)
(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: 23.11.2021 US 202163282257 P
29.09.2022 US 202217955941

(71) Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BRAIDO, Peter N.
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)
  • SCHULHAUSER, Randal C.
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)
  • DUFFY, Niall F.
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)
  • BENTON, Julie A.
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)
  • YANG, Zhongping
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)
  • O'BRIEN, Richard J.
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)
  • BAXTER, Walton W.
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)
  • WILSKER, Roy A.
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)
  • DAVIDSON, Tal
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)
  • HARDING, William C.
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)
  • BALTER, Max Loeb
    Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048 (US)
  • BRANNAN, Joseph D.
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)
  • STIGER, Mark L.
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)
  • PERKINS, Keith D.
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)

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