A61B 2018/00053
Mechanical features of the instrument of device
Official title: {Mechanical features of the instrument of device}
A61B2018/00053 (Mechanical features of the instrument of device) appears on 10,480 US grants and 13,836 published applications in this corpus.
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Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2018/00214Expandable means emitting energyIndexing code4,086
- A61B 2018/00059Material propertiesIndexing code3,091
- A61B 2018/00184Moving partsIndexing code2,065
- A61B 2018/00273Anchoring means for temporary attachment of a device to tissueIndexing code1,752
- A61B 2018/0016Energy applicators arranged in a two- or three dimensional arrayIndexing code1,613
- A61B 2018/00172Connectors and adapters thereforIndexing code1,568
- A61B 2018/00107Coatings on the energy applicatorIndexing code1,519
- A61B 2018/00166Multiple luminaIndexing code441
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