A61B 2018/1497
Electrodes covering only part of the probe circumference
Official title: {Electrodes covering only part of the probe circumference}
A61B2018/1497 (Electrodes covering only part of the probe circumference) appears on 350 US grants and 422 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 350
- Published applications
- 422
- Assignees
- 162
- Inventors
- 637
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2025 | 8 | 16 |
| 2026 | 9 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
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