A61B 2018/266
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 part of the probe}
A61B2018/266 (The conversion of laser energy into mechanical shockwaves taking place in a) appears on 67 US grants and 130 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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