A61B 17/1624
Drive mechanisms therefor
Official title: {Drive mechanisms therefor}
A61B17/1624 (Drive mechanisms therefor) appears on 444 US grants and 562 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 444
- Published applications
- 562
- Assignees
- 184
- Inventors
- 780
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 14 |
| 2005 | 1 | 26 |
| 2006 | 0 | 24 |
| 2007 | 6 | 14 |
| 2008 | 9 | 18 |
| 2009 | 13 | 14 |
| 2010 | 6 | 17 |
| 2011 | 10 | 19 |
| 2012 | 11 | 15 |
| 2013 | 26 | 25 |
| 2014 | 17 | 24 |
| 2015 | 23 | 25 |
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| 2017 | 21 | 21 |
| 2018 | 15 | 22 |
| 2019 | 22 | 29 |
| 2020 | 27 | 28 |
| 2021 | 25 | 35 |
| 2022 | 29 | 40 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 |
| 2024 | 29 | 32 |
| 2025 | 42 | 38 |
| 2026 | 21 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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