A61B 1/0057
Constructional details of force transmission elements
Official title: {Constructional details of force transmission elements, e.g. control wires}
A61B1/0057 (Constructional details of force transmission elements) appears on 1,011 US grants and 1,634 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,634
- Assignees
- 365
- Inventors
- 2,149
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 90 | 76 |
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