The European Patent Office (EPO) has published patent application EP4494601A1 concerning a deployment device. The patent lists SB-Kawasumi Laboratories, Inc. and Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. as the applicants, with Yoshiki Ishimaru as the inventor. The publication date is March 11, 2026, and it falls under the IPC classification A61F, which pertains to prosthetics.

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