A61B 17/0625
The needle being specially adapted to interact with the manipulator
Official title: {the needle being specially adapted to interact with the manipulator, e.g. being ridged to snap fit in a hole of the manipulator (A61B17/06109 takes precedence)}
A61B17/0625 (The needle being specially adapted to interact with the manipulator) appears on 763 US grants and 914 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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