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(11) EP 4 739 217 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
13.05.2026 Bulletin 2026/20

(21) Application number: 24852490.2

(22) Date of filing: 01.02.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 6/04(2006.01)
A61B 5/00(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61B 5/055; A61B 6/032; A61B 6/037; A61B 6/0407; A61B 6/54
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2024/013915
(87) International publication number:
WO 2025/034249 (13.02.2025 Gazette 2025/07)
(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:
GE KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 09.08.2023 US 202363518328 P

(71) Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
Malvern, PA 19355 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • KNODT, Konstantin
    92681 Erbendorf (DE)
  • NEUBER, Wolfgang
    92676 Eschenbach i. d. Opf. (DE)
  • STOCK, Johannes
    92717 Reuth bei Erbendorf (DE)
  • BAUMANN, Berthold
    95506 Kastl (DE)

(74) Representative: HKW Intellectual Property PartG mbB 
Theresienhöhe 12
80339 München
80339 München (DE)

   


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