A61B 2017/12077
Joint changing shape upon application of heat
Official title: {Joint changing shape upon application of heat, e.g. bi-metal or reversible thermal memory}
A61B2017/12077 (Joint changing shape upon application of heat) appears on 129 US grants and 135 published applications in this corpus.
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