A61B 8/0858
Involving measuring tissue layers
Official title: {involving measuring tissue layers, e.g. skin, interfaces}
A61B8/0858 (Involving measuring tissue layers) appears on 711 US grants and 960 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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