A61B 7/045
Detection of korotkoff sounds
Official title: {Detection of Korotkoff sounds (A61B5/0225 takes precedence; measuring blood pressure A61B5/021)}
A61B7/045 (Detection of korotkoff sounds) appears on 134 US grants and 109 published applications in this corpus.
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