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(43) Date of publication: 02.09.2026 Bulletin 2026/36 (21) Application number: 24824632.4 (22) Date of filing: 22.11.2024

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 1/00(2006.01) A61M 1/00(2006.01) A61B 1/015(2006.01) A61M 39/22(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 1/00068; A61M 39/22; A61B 1/015; A61M 1/742 (86) International application number: PCT/US2024/057068 (87) International publication number: WO 2025/111545 (30.05.2025 Gazette 2025/22)

(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: 22.11.2023 US 202363602134 P (71) Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Maple Grove, Minnesota 55311 (US)	(72) Inventors: ROBAKIEWICZ, Kurt Nicholas Upton, Massachusetts 01568 (US) LUIS, Brian Boylston, Massachusetts 01505 (US) WALES, Ryan V. Northborough, Massachusetts 01532 (US) (74) Representative: Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB  Siebertstraße 3 81675 München 81675 München (DE)