A61B 5/1519
Comprising driving means
Official title: {comprising driving means, e.g. a spring, for propelling the piercing unit}
A61B5/1519 (Comprising driving means) appears on 541 US grants and 728 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 541
- Published applications
- 728
- Assignees
- 154
- Inventors
- 837
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 11 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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