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(11) EP 4 580 513 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
09.07.2025 Bulletin 2025/28

(21) Application number: 23798047.9

(22) Date of filing: 29.09.2023
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 10/00(2006.01)
B01L 3/00(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61B 10/0038; A61B 10/0096; B01L 2200/141; B01L 3/5029; B01L 2400/0478; B01L 2300/042; B01L 2300/049; B01L 2300/0832
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2023/075487
(87) International publication number:
WO 2024/073645 (04.04.2024 Gazette 2024/14)
(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: 30.09.2022 US 202263411670 P
22.12.2022 US 202263476664 P
28.09.2023 US 202318476618

(71) Applicant: IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC.
Westbrook, Maine 04092 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • GRIFFIN, Justin
    Westbrook, Maine 04092 (US)
  • BUCH, Jesse
    Westbrook, Maine 04092 (US)
  • WALDRON, Amanda
    Westbrook, Maine 04092 (US)
  • STONE, Michael P.
    Westbrook, Maine 04092 (US)

(74) Representative: Manitz Finsterwald Patent- und Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB 
Martin-Greif-Strasse 1
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


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