A61B 2017/0646
For insertion into cartillege
Official title: {for insertion into cartillege, e.g. meniscus}
A61B2017/0646 (For insertion into cartillege) appears on 245 US grants and 247 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 245
- Published applications
- 247
- Assignees
- 90
- Inventors
- 350
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 9 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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