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EP 4 577 271 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 02.07.2025 Bulletin 2025/27 (21) Application number: 23858297.7 (22) Date of filing: 24.08.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 5/315(2006.01) A61M 1/00(2006.01) A61B 5/153(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 5/153; A61M 5/31505; A61M 5/31501; A61M 5/31511; A61M 2005/3139; A61M 5/3135; A61M 1/81; A61M 2205/073; A61B 5/15003; A61B 5/150236; A61B 5/150244 (86) International application number: PCT/US2023/072812 (87) International publication number: WO 2024/044681 (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 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: 25.08.2022 US 202263400955 P (71) Applicant: Terumo Corporation Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)	(72) Inventor: SHIMABUKURO, James Aliso Viejo, California 92656 (US) (74) Representative: K&L Gates LLP  Friedrichstraße 110 A 10117 Berlin 10117 Berlin (DE)