A61B 2017/2946
Locking means
Official title: {Locking means}
A61B2017/2946 (Locking means) appears on 1,301 US grants and 1,472 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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