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(43) Date of publication: 25.06.2025 Bulletin 2025/26 (21) Application number: 22797529.9 (22) Date of filing: 25.08.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 39/02(2006.01) A61M 25/06(2006.01) A61M 39/20(2006.01) A61M 39/00(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61M 39/0247; A61M 2039/0258; A61M 2039/027; A61M 2039/0273; A61M 2039/009; A61M 2039/0036; A61M 39/20; A61M 25/0662 (86) International application number: PCT/US2022/041573 (87) International publication number: WO 2024/043892 (29.02.2024 Gazette 2024/09)

(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: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 (US)	(72) Inventors: DENSLEY, Bryon, Ray Rochester, MN 55902 (US) FIUMEFREDDO, Diana Salt Lake City, UT 84121 (US) POMPA, Danielle, Mariah Bountiful, UT 84010 (US) THOMAS, Ian, N. Bountiful, UT 84087 (US) FEDOR, Brenda, L. F. Holladay, UT 84117 (US) (74) Representative: Hoffmann Eitle  Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München 81925 München (DE)