A61B 2018/263
The conversion of laser energy into mechanical shockwaves taking place in a
Official title: {the conversion of laser energy into mechanical shockwaves taking place in a liquid}
A61B2018/263 (The conversion of laser energy into mechanical shockwaves taking place in a) appears on 132 US grants and 239 published applications in this corpus.
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