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(88) Date of publication A3: 03.08.2023 (43) Date of publication: 16.10.2024 Bulletin 2024/42 (21) Application number: 22904991.1 (22) Date of filing: 06.12.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B06B 1/02(2006.01) A61N 7/00(2006.01) H04R 19/00(2006.01) A61B 8/14(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): B06B 1/0292; G01N 29/2406; A61B 8/4483; A61B 8/467; G01N 29/02 (86) International application number: PCT/US2022/051937 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/107433 (15.06.2023 Gazette 2023/24)

(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: 06.12.2021 US 202163286161 P (71) Applicant: Orchard Ultrasound Innovation LLC Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (US)

(72) Inventors: MA, Bo Sunnyvale, California 94086 (US) STEDMAN, George Quintin Mountain View, California 94041 (US) ERGUN, Arif Sanli Sunnyvale, California 94089 (US) TOUMA, Gerard Sunnyvale, California 94085 (US) KHURI-YAKUB, Butrus T. Palo Alto, California 94306 (US) PARK, Kwan-Kyu Seoul 02585 (KR) FLAHERTY, R. Maxwell Topsfield, Massachusetts 01983 (US) FLAHERTY, J. Christopher Nottingham, New Hampshire 03290 (US) (74) Representative: Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB  Friedenheimer Brücke 21 80639 München 80639 München (DE)