A61B 17/3431
Being collapsible
Official title: {being collapsible, e.g. made of thin flexible material (A61B17/3423 takes precedence)}
A61B17/3431 (Being collapsible) appears on 510 US grants and 608 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 6 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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