A61B 2017/086
Having flexible threads, filaments, laces or wires
Official title: {having flexible threads, filaments, laces or wires, e.g. parallel threads, extending laterally from a strip, e.g. for tying to opposing threads extending from a similar strip}
A61B2017/086 (Having flexible threads, filaments, laces or wires) appears on 121 US grants and 157 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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