A61B 2017/00473
Distal part
Official title: {Distal part, e.g. tip or head (A61B2017/00464 takes precedence)}
A61B2017/00473 (Distal part) appears on 2,943 US grants and 3,559 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,943
- Published applications
- 3,559
- Assignees
- 544
- Inventors
- 2,870
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2011 | 41 | 70 |
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| 2013 | 76 | 120 |
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| 2017 | 203 | 309 |
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| 2023 | 268 | 142 |
| 2024 | 228 | 145 |
| 2025 | 153 | 116 |
| 2026 | 69 | 60 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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