A61B 5/1107
Measuring contraction of parts of the body
Official title: {Measuring contraction of parts of the body, e.g. organ or muscle}
A61B5/1107 (Measuring contraction of parts of the body) appears on 864 US grants and 1,221 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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