A61B 5/097
Devices for facilitating collection of breath or for directing breath into or
Official title: Devices for facilitating collection of breath or for directing breath into or through measuring devices
A61B5/097 (Devices for facilitating collection of breath or for directing breath into or) appears on 1,150 US grants and 1,753 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 60 | 59 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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