A61B 2017/2944
Translation of jaw members
Official title: {Translation of jaw members}
A61B2017/2944 (Translation of jaw members) appears on 387 US grants and 424 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 424
- Assignees
- 131
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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