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(43) Date of publication: 09.10.2024 Bulletin 2024/41 (21) Application number: 22830111.5 (22) Date of filing: 30.11.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61L 29/08(2006.01) A61L 29/16(2006.01) A61L 29/14(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61L 29/14; A61L 29/16; A61L 2300/602; A61L 2300/404; A61L 2300/406; A61L 2300/206; A61L 2300/606; A61L 29/085; A61L 2420/06   C-Sets: A61L 29/085, C08L 33/064; A61L 29/085, C08L 41/00; (86) International application number: PCT/US2022/080679 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/102436 (08.06.2023 Gazette 2023/23)

(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: 30.11.2021 US 202163284058 P 22.11.2022 US 202217991937 (71) Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417-1880 (US)	(72) Inventors: BAI, He Sandy, Utah 84093 (US) SEMLER, James Joseph Randolph, New Jersey 07869 (US) (74) Representative: dompatent von Kreisler Selting Werner - Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB  Deichmannhaus am Dom Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 50667 Köln 50667 Köln (DE)