A61B 18/1482
Having a long rigid shaft for accessing the inner body transcutaneously in
Official title: {having a long rigid shaft for accessing the inner body transcutaneously in minimal invasive surgery, e.g. laparoscopy}
A61B18/1482 (Having a long rigid shaft for accessing the inner body transcutaneously in) appears on 1,625 US grants and 1,801 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,625
- Published applications
- 1,801
- Assignees
- 457
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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