A61B 2017/00486
Adaptors for coupling parts with incompatible geometries
Official title: {Adaptors for coupling parts with incompatible geometries}
A61B2017/00486 (Adaptors for coupling parts with incompatible geometries) appears on 296 US grants and 429 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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