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EP4370199 - TETHER ASSEMBLIES FOR MEDICAL DEVICE RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  19.04.2024
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  20.01.2023
Formerunknown
Status updated on  02.08.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip19.09.2024Change: Validation statespublished on 23.10.2024 [2024/43]
19.09.2024Change - extension statespublished on 23.10.2024 [2024/43]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Medtronic, Inc.
710 Medtronic Parkway NE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 / US
[2024/21]
Inventor(s)01 / DRAKE, Ronald A.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 / US
02 / STENER, Lester O.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 / US
03 / COLIN, Brian P.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 / US
04 / YANG, Zhongping
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 / US
05 / ANDERSON, Thomas A.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 / US
 [2024/21]
Representative(s)Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Postfach 330 920
80069 München / DE
[2024/21]
Application number, filing date22744073.224.06.2022
[2024/21]
WO2022US34895
Priority number, dateUS202163221616P14.07.2021         Original published format: US 202163221616 P
US20221780708115.06.2022         Original published format: US202217807081
[2024/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2023287567
Date:19.01.2023
Language:EN
[2023/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4370199
Date:22.05.2024
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.01.2023 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2024/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP19.01.2023
ClassificationIPC:A61N1/375, A61B17/34, A61B17/50, A61B17/00, A61M25/00, A61N1/372
[2024/21]
CPC:
A61B17/3468 (EP,US); A61N1/3756 (EP); A61B2017/00323 (US);
A61M25/005 (US); A61M25/0082 (US); A61N1/362 (US);
A61N1/372 (EP); A61N1/37205 (EP); A61N2001/0578 (EP,US) (-)
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 [2024/21]
TitleGerman:HALTEGURTANORDNUNGEN FÜR RÜCKHOLSYSTEME FÜR MEDIZINISCHE VORRICHTUNGEN[2024/21]
English:TETHER ASSEMBLIES FOR MEDICAL DEVICE RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS[2024/21]
French:ENSEMBLES ATTACHES POUR SYSTÈMES DE RÉCUPÉRATION DE DISPOSITIF MÉDICAL[2024/21]
Entry into regional phase01.02.2024National basic fee paid 
01.02.2024Designation fee(s) paid 
01.02.2024Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure01.02.2024Examination requested  [2024/21]
01.02.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.06.2024Renewal fee patent year 03
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Cited inInternational search[A]US2018207430  (SOLTIS BRIAN [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0059] - [0086]; figures 1-8 *;
 [A]US2020345396  (RICKHEIM DAVID [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0034] - [0049] - [0071] - [0075]; figures 3-6, 13 *;
 [A]US2020353243  (DRAKE RONALD A [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0061] - [0102]; figures 2-6D *;
 [A]US2021030439  (DRAKE RONALD A [US], et al) [A] 1-15* paragraphs [0021] - [0053]; figures 1-8 *
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