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EP 4 565 181 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 11.06.2025 Bulletin 2025/24 (21) Application number: 22761446.8 (22) Date of filing: 02.08.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61F 9/007(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 2017/00535; A61F 9/00763 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2022/071637 (87) International publication number: WO 2024/027902 (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 MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (71) Applicant: Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited Dublin, D24 PPT3 (IE)	(72) Inventor: SKINNER, Allen Chesterfield, Missouri 6301 (US) (74) Representative: Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB  Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München 81675 München (DE)