A61B 8/4245
Involving determining the position of the probe
Official title: {involving determining the position of the probe, e.g. with respect to an external reference frame or to the patient}
A61B8/4245 (Involving determining the position of the probe) appears on 1,714 US grants and 2,816 published applications in this corpus.
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