A61B 2017/291
The position of the handle being adjustable with respect to the shaft
Official title: {the position of the handle being adjustable with respect to the shaft}
A61B2017/291 (The position of the handle being adjustable with respect to the shaft) appears on 525 US grants and 682 published applications in this corpus.
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