A61B 8/0891
For diagnosis of blood vessels
Official title: {for diagnosis of blood vessels}
A61B8/0891 (For diagnosis of blood vessels) appears on 1,454 US grants and 2,497 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 157 | 203 |
| 2025 | 170 | 188 |
| 2026 | 137 | 160 |
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