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(11) EP 4 565 163 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
11.06.2025 Bulletin 2025/24

(21) Application number: 23761352.6

(22) Date of filing: 31.07.2023
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 34/10(2016.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61B 34/10; A61B 2034/102; A61B 2034/104; A61B 2034/108; A61F 2/2496
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2023/071345
(87) International publication number:
WO 2024/030868 (08.02.2024 Gazette 2024/06)
(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: 01.08.2022 US 202263394129 P

(71) Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • NAIR, Priya
    Santa Rosa, California 95403 (US)
  • TUNENDER, Madeline M.
    Santa Ana, California 95403 (US)
  • AHLBERG, Sarah E.
    Mounds View, Minnesota 55112 (US)

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P.O. Box 330 920
80069 München
80069 München (DE)

   


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