A61B 2017/2927
The angular position of the head being adjustable with respect to the
Official title: {the angular position of the head being adjustable with respect to the shaft}
A61B2017/2927 (The angular position of the head being adjustable with respect to the) appears on 4,660 US grants and 5,192 published applications in this corpus.
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