A61B 17/846
Nails or pins, i.e. anchors without movable parts, holding by friction only
Official title: {Nails or pins, i.e. anchors without movable parts, holding by friction only, with or without structured surface (A61B17/72, A61B17/86 take precedence)}
A61B17/846 (Nails or pins, i.e. anchors without movable parts, holding by friction only) appears on 846 US grants and 1,110 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 66 | 74 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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