A61B 2017/0443
The shaft being resilient and having a coiled or helical shape in
Official title: {the shaft being resilient and having a coiled or helical shape in the released state}
A61B2017/0443 (The shaft being resilient and having a coiled or helical shape in) appears on 165 US grants and 265 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 165
- Published applications
- 265
- Assignees
- 77
- Inventors
- 352
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2012 | 5 | 22 |
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| 2017 | 14 | 18 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8 |
| 2020 | 10 | 21 |
| 2021 | 7 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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