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(43) Date of publication: 20.11.2024 Bulletin 2024/47 (21) Application number: 23701604.3 (22) Date of filing: 13.01.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 17/32(2006.01) A61B 18/00(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 17/320092; A61B 2017/320075; A61B 2017/320072; A61B 2018/00994 (86) International application number: PCT/IB2023/050326 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/135570 (20.07.2023 Gazette 2023/29)

(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: 14.01.2022 US 202263299637 P (71) Applicant: Covidien LP Mansfield, MA 02048 (US)	(72) Inventor: COWLEY, Matthew S. Boulder, Colorado 80301 (US) (74) Representative: Maschio & Soames IP Ltd  30 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EW Southampton SO15 2EW (GB)