A61B 8/406
Using means for diagnosing suspended breasts
Official title: {using means for diagnosing suspended breasts}
A61B8/406 (Using means for diagnosing suspended breasts) appears on 186 US grants and 241 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 186
- Published applications
- 241
- Assignees
- 93
- Inventors
- 336
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
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| 2026 | 6 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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