A61B 2017/00619
Locking means for locking the implement in expanded state
Official title: {Locking means for locking the implement in expanded state}
A61B2017/00619 (Locking means for locking the implement in expanded state) appears on 260 US grants and 365 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 365
- Assignees
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- Inventors
- 444
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2007 | 2 | 36 |
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| 2011 | 13 | 8 |
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| 2014 | 18 | 30 |
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| 2017 | 10 | 13 |
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| 2020 | 17 | 15 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7 |
| 2022 | 12 | 13 |
| 2023 | 9 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| 2026 | 11 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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