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EP4268759 - SYSTEM OF PERFORMING SPINE SURGERY AND MAINTAINING A VOLUME OF FLUID AT A SURGICAL SITE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  22.07.2024
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  07.06.2024
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  29.09.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Stryker Corporation
2825 Airview Boulevard
Kalamazoo, MI 49002 / US
[2023/44]
Inventor(s)01 / WALEN, James G.
Portage, MI, 49024 / US
02 / CARUSILLO, Steven J.
Kalamazoo, MI, 49004 / US
 [2024/34]
Former [2023/44]01 / WALEN, James, G.
Portage, MI, 49024 / US
02 / CARUSILLO, Steven, J.
Kalamazoo, MI, 49004 / US
Representative(s)Röthinger, Rainer
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB
Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2023/44]Röthinger, Rainer
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date23197288.623.10.2019
[2023/44]
Priority number, dateUS201862751964P29.10.2018         Original published format: US 201862751964 P
[2023/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP4268759
Date:01.11.2023
Language:EN
[2023/44]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP4268759
Date:06.12.2023
Language:EN
[2023/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.11.2023
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/02, A61M1/00, A61B90/98, A61B17/14, A61B17/16, A61B17/32, A61B17/34, // A61B17/00, A61B34/20, A61B90/00
[2024/33]
CPC:
A61B17/0218 (EP,US); A61B17/025 (US); A61B17/3421 (EP);
A61B90/06 (US); A61B90/98 (EP); A61B17/14 (EP);
A61B17/1659 (EP); A61B17/1671 (EP); A61B17/32002 (EP);
A61B2017/00022 (EP); A61B2017/00026 (US); A61B2017/00261 (EP,US);
A61B2017/0256 (US); A61B2017/1602 (EP); A61B2017/1651 (EP);
A61B2017/3445 (EP); A61B2034/2048 (EP); A61B2090/061 (EP);
A61B2090/064 (EP); A61B2090/067 (EP); A61B2217/005 (EP,US);
A61B2217/007 (EP,US); A61B2562/0247 (US); A61B90/361 (EP);
A61M1/77 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2023/49]A61B17/02, A61M1/00, A61B90/98, // A61B17/00, A61B34/20, A61B90/00
Former IPC [2023/44]A61B90/98
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2024/28]
Former [2023/44]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,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
TitleGerman:SYSTEM ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG VON WIRBELSÄULENOPERATIONEN UND AUFRECHTERHALTUNG EINES FLÜSSIGKEITSVOLUMENS AN EINER OPERATIONSSTELLE[2024/34]
English:SYSTEM OF PERFORMING SPINE SURGERY AND MAINTAINING A VOLUME OF FLUID AT A SURGICAL SITE[2023/44]
French:SYSTÈME DE RÉALISATION D'UNE CHIRURGIE DE LA COLONNE VERTÉBRALE ET DE MAINTIEN D'UN VOLUME DE FLUIDE AU NIVEAU D'UN SITE CHIRURGICAL[2024/34]
Former [2023/44]SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG VON WIRBELSÄULENOPERATIONEN UND AUFRECHTERHALTUNG EINES FLÜSSIGKEITSVOLUMENS AN EINER OPERATIONSSTELLE
Former [2023/44]SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS DE RÉALISATION D'UNE CHIRURGIE DE LA COLONNE VERTÉBRALE ET DE MAINTIEN D'UN VOLUME DE FLUIDE AU NIVEAU D'UN SITE CHIRURGICAL
Examination procedure31.05.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
31.05.2024Examination requested  [2024/28]
31.05.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
23.07.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP19804926.4  / EP3873351
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.09.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
14.09.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
14.09.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
12.09.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP1781353  (KUMAR ATUL [IN], et al);
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