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(43) Date of publication: 22.01.2025 Bulletin 2025/04 (21) Application number: 23719881.7 (22) Date of filing: 14.03.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 18/14(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61N 1/36007; A61B 2018/00214; A61B 2018/00511; A61B 2018/00577; A61B 18/1492; A61B 18/02; A61B 18/06; A61B 2018/00613; A61N 2007/0043; A61N 7/022; A61N 1/05; A61B 2018/167; A61B 2018/0022; A61B 18/1206; A61B 2018/00434; A61B 2018/00839; A61B 2018/00702; A61N 1/0514; A61N 1/36014 (86) International application number: PCT/IB2023/052483 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/175514 (21.09.2023 Gazette 2023/38)

(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: 15.03.2022 US 202263319912 P (71) Applicant: Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd. Tokyo 101-0048 (JP)	(72) Inventors: WU, Andrew Los Altos Hills, California 94022 (US) BARMAN, Neil Palo Alto, California 94303 (US) (74) Representative: Barker Brettell Sweden AB  Kungsbroplan 3 112 27 Stockholm 112 27 Stockholm (SE)