A61B 2017/3429
Having a unitary compressible body
Official title: {having a unitary compressible body, e.g. made of silicone or foam}
A61B2017/3429 (Having a unitary compressible body) appears on 170 US grants and 233 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 233
- Assignees
- 41
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- 215
- 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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