A61B 2017/00132
Setting operation time of a device
Official title: {Setting operation time of a device (A61B2017/00123 takes precedence)}
A61B2017/00132 (Setting operation time of a device) appears on 309 US grants and 341 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- 8 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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