A61B 5/1072
Measuring distances on the body
Official title: {measuring distances on the body, e.g. measuring length, height or thickness (A61B5/1076 takes precedence)}
A61B5/1072 (Measuring distances on the body) appears on 765 US grants and 1,131 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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