A61B 5/150748
Having means for aiding positioning of the piercing device at a location
Official title: {Having means for aiding positioning of the piercing device at a location where the body is to be pierced (means for aiding positioning of devices for bringing media into the body A61M5/427, locating blood vessels A61B5/489)}
A61B5/150748 (Having means for aiding positioning of the piercing device at a location) appears on 283 US grants and 413 published applications in this corpus.
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- Integrated alignment devices, system, and methods for efficient fluid extraction, substance delivery and other applications262US 6,925,317 B1SpectRx, Inc. · 2005
- Method and apparatus for detecting electro-magnetic reflection from biological tissue254US 6,032,070 AUniversity of Arkansas · 2000
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