A61B 2017/047
Having at least one proximally pointing needle located at the distal end
Official title: {having at least one proximally pointing needle located at the distal end of the instrument, e.g. for suturing trocar puncture wounds starting from inside the body}
A61B2017/047 (Having at least one proximally pointing needle located at the distal end) appears on 562 US grants and 590 published applications in this corpus.
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