A61B 2018/087
Using semiconductors as heating element
Official title: {using semiconductors as heating element}
A61B2018/087 (Using semiconductors as heating element) appears on 30 US grants and 44 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 30
- Published applications
- 44
- Assignees
- 29
- Inventors
- 80
- 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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