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EP 4 580 581 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 09.07.2025 Bulletin 2025/28 (21) Application number: 23764875.3 (22) Date of filing: 31.08.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61J 1/10(2006.01) A61J 1/16(2023.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61J 1/10; A61J 1/16 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2023/073977 (87) International publication number: WO 2024/047206 (07.03.2024 Gazette 2024/10)

(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: 01.09.2022 US 202263403071 P 13.10.2022 EP 22201346 (71) Applicant: SHL Medical AG 6302 Zug (CH)

(72) Inventors: COYNE III, Martin Michael Boonton, New Jersey 07005 (US) FORD BRIGHAM, Katherine Boonton, New Jersey 07005 (US) FRANZESE, Christopher James Boonton, New Jersey 07005 (US) TURETSKY, Jacob Leon Norwalk, Connecticut 06851 (US) NAOI, Yukiko Norwalk, Connecticut 06851 (US) KAPEC, Jeffrey Norwalk, Connecticut 06851 (US) DE SANTIAGO GINER, Núria 7710 6302 Zug (CH) EGLOFF, Christoph 7710 6302 Zug (CH) WYLER, Samuel 7710 6302 Zug (CH) BANNWART, Lukas 7710 6302 Zug (CH) D'AURIA, Matthew Conner Boonton, NJ 07005 (US)