A61B 2017/2837
With a locking ratchet
Official title: {with a locking ratchet}
A61B2017/2837 (With a locking ratchet) appears on 373 US grants and 305 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 17 Feb 2026
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| 2026 | 1 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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