A61B 8/085
For locating body or organic structures
Official title: {for locating body or organic structures, e.g. tumours, calculi, blood vessels, nodules}
A61B8/085 (For locating body or organic structures) appears on 1,431 US grants and 2,444 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,431
- Published applications
- 2,444
- Assignees
- 703
- Inventors
- 4,077
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 158 | 180 |
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