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(43) Date of publication: 08.07.2026 Bulletin 2026/28 (21) Application number: 23813509.9 (22) Date of filing: 30.10.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 39/16(2006.01) A61M 25/00(2006.01) A61M 5/00(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61M 39/162; A61M 39/165; A61M 5/001; A61M 2205/0205; A61M 2209/10; A61M 2025/0019 (86) International application number: PCT/US2023/036248 (87) International publication number: WO 2025/048845 (06.03.2025 Gazette 2025/10)

(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: 30.08.2023 IN 202341058095 (71) Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880 (US)	(72) Inventors: KUMAR, Manish Bengaluru, Karnataka 560067 (IN) MR, Karthik Karnataka Bangalore 560067 (IN) NALAWADE, Praveen Belgaum, Karnataka 590016 (IN) PRASAD, Shishir Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880 (US) (74) Representative: dompatent  Partnerschaft von Patentanwälten und Rechtsanwälten mbB Deichmannhaus am Dom Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 50667 Köln 50667 Köln (DE)