A61B 2018/2288
The optical fibre cable having a curved distal end
Official title: {the optical fibre cable having a curved distal end}
A61B2018/2288 (The optical fibre cable having a curved distal end) appears on 106 US grants and 130 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 106
- Published applications
- 130
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 179
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
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| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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