A61B 2017/0438
Slotted, i.e. having a longitudinal slot for enhancing their elasticity
Official title: {slotted, i.e. having a longitudinal slot for enhancing their elasticity}
A61B2017/0438 (Slotted, i.e. having a longitudinal slot for enhancing their elasticity) appears on 243 US grants and 308 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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