A61B 2018/2238
With means for selectively laterally deflecting the tip of the fibre
Official title: {with means for selectively laterally deflecting the tip of the fibre}
A61B2018/2238 (With means for selectively laterally deflecting the tip of the fibre) appears on 308 US grants and 250 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 308
- Published applications
- 250
- Assignees
- 102
- Inventors
- 350
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2004 | 1 | 10 |
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| 2014 | 6 | 23 |
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| 2018 | 23 | 27 |
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| 2022 | 5 | 4 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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