A61B 2017/293
With means preventing relative rotation between the shaft and the actuating rod
Official title: {with means preventing relative rotation between the shaft and the actuating rod}
A61B2017/293 (With means preventing relative rotation between the shaft and the actuating rod) appears on 208 US grants and 228 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 208
- Published applications
- 228
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 288
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2017 | 10 | 42 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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