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(11) EP 4 823 473 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
21.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/43

(21) Application number: 24828961.3

(22) Date of filing: 06.12.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 18/14(2006.01)
A61B 17/00(2006.01)
A61B 18/00(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61B 18/1492; A61B 2018/00178; A61B 2018/00988; A61B 2018/00577; A61B 2017/00477; A61B 2018/00351
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2024/059031
(87) International publication number:
WO 2025/128441 (19.06.2025 Gazette 2025/25)
(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: 15.12.2023 US 202363610809 P

(71) Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Maple Grove, Minnesota 55311 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • KINIO, Steven
    Pickering, Ontario L1W 1H2 (CA)
  • BALKOVEC, Christian
    Cambridge, Ontario N3E 0E1 (CA)

(74) Representative: Pfenning, Meinig & Partner mbB 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Joachimsthaler Straße 10-12
10719 Berlin
10719 Berlin (DE)

   


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