A61B 2017/248
Operations for treatment of snoring
Official title: {Operations for treatment of snoring, e.g. uvulopalatoplasty}
A61B2017/248 (Operations for treatment of snoring) appears on 188 US grants and 166 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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