A61B 2017/22078
For rotating the instrument within a channel
Official title: {for rotating the instrument within a channel, e.g. an optical fibre}
A61B2017/22078 (For rotating the instrument within a channel) appears on 68 US grants and 45 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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