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(11) EP 4 739 384 A1

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

(21) Application number: 24735595.1

(22) Date of filing: 20.06.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61N 1/372(2006.01)
A61N 1/05(2006.01)
A61N 1/375(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61N 1/37205; A61N 1/37512; A61N 1/37518; A61N 1/3756; A61N 2001/0578
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2024/067206
(87) International publication number:
WO 2025/011915 (16.01.2025 Gazette 2025/03)
(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: 07.07.2023 US 202363525394 P
11.09.2023 EP 23196536

(71) Applicant: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
12359 Berlin (DE)

(72) Inventors:
  • DEVICH, Nicholas
    Tualatin, Oregon 97062 (US)
  • AUSTIN, Eric
    Portand, Oregon 97221 (US)
  • KHOURY VALENTINE, Julia
    Portland, Oregon 97223 (US)

(74) Representative: Biotronik Corporate Services SE 
Corporate Intellectual Property Sieversufer 9
12359 Berlin
12359 Berlin (DE)

   


(54) CATHETER DEVICE FOR TETHERING A HITCH OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE DURING EXPLANTING THE MEDICAL DEVICE