A61B 2017/3441
With distal sealing means
Official title: {with distal sealing means}
A61B2017/3441 (With distal sealing means) appears on 215 US grants and 273 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 215
- Published applications
- 273
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 335
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2019 | 28 | 17 |
| 2020 | 14 | 9 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 |
| 2022 | 10 | 11 |
| 2023 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024 | 13 | 9 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 7 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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