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(11) EP 4 472 539 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
11.12.2024 Bulletin 2024/50

(21) Application number: 23704427.6

(22) Date of filing: 01.02.2023
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 18/08(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61B 2018/00077; A61B 2018/0016; A61B 2018/00595; A61B 2018/00589; A61B 18/085
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2023/050878
(87) International publication number:
WO 2023/148632 (10.08.2023 Gazette 2023/32)
(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: 01.02.2022 US 202263305493 P
03.01.2023 US 202318092659

(71) Applicant: Covidien LP
Mansfield, MA 02048 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • ROBINSON, William E.
    Boulder, Colorado 80301 (US)
  • ALLEN, IV, James D.
    Boulder, Colorado 80301 (US)

(74) Representative: Maschio & Soames IP Ltd 
30 Carlton Crescent
Southampton SO15 2EW
Southampton SO15 2EW (GB)

   


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