A61B 6/4266
Characterised by using a plurality of detector units
Official title: {characterised by using a plurality of detector units (A61B6/4014 takes precedence)}
A61B6/4266 (Characterised by using a plurality of detector units) appears on 742 US grants and 879 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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