A61B 2017/00588
Rigid or stiff implements
Official title: {Rigid or stiff implements, e.g. made of several rigid parts linked by hinges}
A61B2017/00588 (Rigid or stiff implements) appears on 105 US grants and 144 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 105
- Published applications
- 144
- Assignees
- 47
- Inventors
- 196
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| 2017 | 4 | 11 |
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| 2021 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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