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(43) Date of publication: 08.01.2025 Bulletin 2025/02 (21) Application number: 23763929.9 (22) Date of filing: 02.03.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 17/068(2006.01) A61B 17/072(2006.01) A61B 17/115(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 2017/00407; A61B 17/07207 (86) International application number: PCT/US2023/014366 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/167993 (07.09.2023 Gazette 2023/36)

(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: 04.03.2022 US 202217686730 (71) Applicant: Lexington Medical, Inc. Bedford, MA 01730 (US)	(72) Inventors: MOY JR., David Thomas Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481 (US) MARECKI, Andrew Boylston, Massachusetts 01583 (US) AMARIGLIO, Leon Lexington, Massachusetts 02420 (US) (74) Representative: Beck Greener LLP  Fulwood House 12 Fulwood Place London WC1V 6HR London WC1V 6HR (GB)