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(43) Date of publication: 21.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/43 (21) Application number: 24914143.3 (22) Date of filing: 03.12.2024

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 1/06(2006.01) A61B 1/045(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): H04N 23/74; H04N 7/183; H04N 23/555; A61B 1/0005; A61B 1/0655; A61B 1/0638; A61B 1/00009; A61B 1/044 (86) International application number: PCT/US2024/058236 (87) International publication number: WO 2025/144559 (03.07.2025 Gazette 2025/27)

(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: 29.12.2023 US 202363615986 P 02.02.2024 US 202418431404 (71) Applicant: Karl Storz SE & Co. KG 78532 Tuttlingen (DE)	(72) Inventor: DUCKETT, III, George E. Goleta, California 93117 (US)