A61B 18/148
Having a short, rigid shaft for accessing the inner body transcutaneously
Official title: {having a short, rigid shaft for accessing the inner body transcutaneously, e.g. for neurosurgery or arthroscopy}
A61B18/148 (Having a short, rigid shaft for accessing the inner body transcutaneously) appears on 1,224 US grants and 1,421 published applications in this corpus.
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