A61F 13/493
Adjustable by adding or removing material
Official title: adjustable {by adding or removing material, e.g. umbilical cord arrangements (adjustable by the fastening A61F13/5638, A61F13/5655)}
A61F13/493 (Adjustable by adding or removing material) appears on 166 US grants and 199 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
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