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(11) EP 4 739 220 A1

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

(21) Application number: 24739167.5

(22) Date of filing: 02.07.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 10/00(2006.01)
G01N 1/02(2006.01)
A61B 10/02(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61B 10/02; A61B 2010/0216; A61B 10/0291; A61B 10/0045; A61B 2010/0074
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2024/068534
(87) International publication number:
WO 2025/008316 (09.01.2025 Gazette 2025/02)
(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: 03.07.2023 EP 23182972
12.09.2023 EP 23196792

(71) Applicant: Hvidovre Hospital
2650 Hvidovre (DK)

(72) Inventors:
  • BONDE, Jesper
    2650 Hvidovre (DK)
  • ANDREASEN, Emilie Korsgaard
    2650 Hvidovre (DK)

(74) Representative: PGA S.p.A., Milano, Succursale di Lugano 
Via Castagnola, 21c
6900 Lugano
6900 Lugano (CH)

   


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