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(11) EP 4 815 839 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
07.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/41

(21) Application number: 24827586.9

(22) Date of filing: 29.11.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 10/02(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61B 10/0275; A61B 10/0283
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2024/057978
(87) International publication number:
WO 2025/117904 (05.06.2025 Gazette 2025/23)
(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: 28.11.2023 US 202363603442 P

(71) Applicant: Stryker Corporation
Portage, Michigan 49002 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • MARK, Joseph L.
    Indianapolis, IN 46260 (US)
  • DOUGHERTY, Brian C.
    Terre Haute, IN 47803 (US)
  • STEELE, Eliza Marie
    Columbus, IN 47201 (US)

(74) Representative: Schott, Jakob Valentin 
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB Schweigerstraße 2
81541 München
81541 München (DE)

   


(54) VACUUM VENT AND FLUID BIOPSY SYSTEM AND METHOD